[fsloth]

100% This is not about NATO.

This is about Russia attempting a genocide of the Ukrainian people.

This is not the first time Russian state attempted such a thing. Holodomor was an engineered famine with the intent of destroying Ukraine. And now they are at it again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

Generally as a state Russia is just horrible to all of the nations at it's borders it feels it has enough force to subjugate.

They are not idiots - they realize NATO would never invade Russia.

However, what NATO would have done, is give Ukrainian so much force projection capability within their territory Russia could never threaten them militarily again.

This about a narcissistic bully wanting to subjugate as many people by fear under it's thumb as possible.