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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a bit cloudy on this, but wasnt there some deal struck with the USSR to maintain a buffer between it and NATO states. Do we consider that agreement null and void since the USSR is no more or does it persist with the new Russia but we chose to let NATO chip away at that buffer?[/quote]

When Finland joined NATO, Russia gained a 1000 mile long direct border with NATO. I wonder if the geniuses in the Kremlin envisioned that their invasion of Ukraine would lead to NATO expansion. NATO is considerably stronger now than it was four years ago due both to the inclusion of the Nordic countries and a significant increase in defense spending in nearly every member country. Poland alone is set to spend 7.5 percent of GDP on defense this year. That's insane. That is war levels of spending. After Ukraine, Poland will be the most powerful military in Europe. Which is probably not what the Russians want after their miltary was destroyed by three years of fighting in Ukraine. The west is much, much stronger since the invasion.

There was a non-aggression agreement between Russia and Ukraine in 1993. Ukraine gave up the nukes that were in their country at the time the Soviet Union collapsed in exchange for security guarantees. Obviously, treaties and agreements mean nothing to Russians. They have no honor and obey no law. Their word is useless. If Ukraine had kept the nuclear weapons, there never would have been an invasion. By allowing Russia to keep its gains in Ukraine, we are incentivizing the rest of the world to make the leap to nuclear weapons.   [/quote]

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