NATO didn't really move east. NATO is a security and industrial pact. You could accuse the EU of moving east as that is actually about giving up some sovereign

NATO didn't really move east. NATO is a security and industrial pact. You could accuse the EU of moving east as that is actually about giving up some sovereign control. Countries need to apply to join NATO. NATO doesn't try to get them in under any circumstances. Ukraine had been begging to join and NATO still hadn't let them. If NATO was an aggressive imperial force then Ukraine would have already been in it. The only real honest reason I can imagine Russia doesn't want countries to join NATO is because it wants the option left open to be able to attack them at some point.