> warmongering aggressive policies Russia invaded Ukraine in a war that has -- so far -- killed at least a hundred thousand people and wounded about half a mil

> warmongering aggressive policies Russia invaded Ukraine in a war that has -- so far -- killed at least a hundred thousand people and wounded about half a million. Is that a defensive or aggressive policy towards neighbours? How many people have died as a consequence of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Finland joining NATO? What material aggression has Russia experienced, in terms of casualties? This whole thing is actually very simple: Russia's senior leadership wanted to invade Ukraine. It's something they've been planning for decades. There's numerous interviews with various world leaders stating that they've known about these plans since at least the early 2000s. Ukraine joining a defensive pact is a "threat" only to invasion plans. Invading right before a country has a chance to join is simply confirming that the need for defensive alliances was a real one. It's like a burglar feeling "threatened" by the installation of security cameras in a place they've been scoping for months, and robbing the place right before the security system installers turn up. No matter what that burglar says about the police, or the "spying" of the cameras, or whatever matters. Fundamentally, they had criminal intent and are just making things up to justify that. Every Russian excuse is just nonsense when examined critically. E.g.: "We had to defend ethnic Russians from the bad Ukranians". Okay... then why was it that after the invasion the Russian military immediately used the locals as discardable cannon fodder? What kind of "protection" is that!? https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/1d7b6gs/what_happened_to_the_dnrlnr_forces/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/1d7b6gs...