> They are not a threat to the West. The West is a threat to Russia. Nothing stops Russia from ceasing warfare and signing a permanent peace (and trade!) agree

> They are not a threat to the West. The West is a threat to Russia. Nothing stops Russia from ceasing warfare and signing a permanent peace (and trade!) agreement with the West. Obviously nobody is invading Russia nor does anyone in Europe have the slightest interest in it. In January 2022 they were still imagining Putin as a partner. They can barely bother to invest in their militaries or Ukraine's even now. There would never be warfare again at that latitude from the Atlantic to the Pacific - and back again, all the way around the planet. Russians would be far better off, living in peace for generations to come. But Putin wants an empire.