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Distance to Moscow, primarily. The abandonment of treaties related to short-range nuclear missiles means it's possible for NATO to put nuclear armed missiles on
by empressplay 5y ago
Distance to Moscow, primarily. The abandonment of treaties related to short-range nuclear missiles means it's possible for NATO to put nuclear armed missiles on the border between Ukraine and Moscow. There would be no time to react to a first strike, meaning MAD would no longer be in play.
- HstryrsrBttn 5y ago
- gus_massa 5y agoLooking in the map, the Ukrainian border is 510km(320miles) away and the next NATO border is 620km(380miles) away. It does not look like a huge difference.
- eitland 5y agoAlso Nato doesn't want that. Even now, Nato desperately want the kind of sane Russia back instead of going all in to topple it :-| For me it is pretty obvious Putin knew. He also knew the west would let it go if he took it in three days or so. Luckily he got his calculations wrong, Ukrainian resistance has been amazing and the public support for Ukraine has led to some of the strictest sanctions ever applied + voluntary boycotts + roadblocks etc.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> The abandonment of treaties related to short-range nuclear missiles means it's possible for NATO to put nuclear armed missiles on the border between Ukraine and Moscow. It really doesn't. Moscow doesn't border Ukraine.