> By incorporating Ukraine, Except NATO never incorporated Ukraine, nor did they want to. Ukraine asked and were told no. > a direct adjacent border with Rus

> By incorporating Ukraine, Except NATO never incorporated Ukraine, nor did they want to. Ukraine asked and were told no. > a direct adjacent border with Russia head to head There's always a direct NATO line. Ironically, if Russia annexes Ukraine and Belarus (as seems to be there goal) there will be a direct border between Russia and NATO. > It's definitely unacceptable for Russia, remember what happened when USSR tried to place missiles in Cuba? Back then long-range ICBMs didn't exist in large quantities. Nor did missile submarines or other assured second strike capability. The calculus has changed and proximity is no longer the valuable thing it once was. Besides that, NATO doesn't put missiles in every member state. They aren't in Latvia/Lithuania/etc.