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> Putin seems to believe that the 'eventual' admittance of Ukraine into NATO and potentially the EU and the placement of troops / missiles there Putin knew ver
by eitland 5y ago
> Putin seems to believe that the 'eventual' admittance of Ukraine into NATO and potentially the EU and the placement of troops / missiles there
Putin knew very well about the "uncontested borders" rule for new Nato countries, and he knew about all the problems in east Ukraine.
He has also been talking about "nazis" in Ukraine for months.
It was all just a show.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Putin knew very well about the "uncontested borders" rule for new Nato countries It's not a rule, it's just an excuse certain members (NATO operates on consensus, not majoritarianism) have been citing for not moving Georgia and Ukraine from “we expect them to become members at some point” to “here’s a formal Membership Action Plan”, but which hasn't been historically applied to prospective NATO members (who have been admitted with border disputes, including border disputes with other NATO countries, e.g., Spain with the UK) and which could be dropped as an objection to those two at any time with no formal change to NATO rules.