Finland already has more joint cooperation with NATO than Ukraine did. They are literally more of a threat to Russia, if you believe Putin’s agitprop, than Ukraine is.
Putin is KGB. Through and through. He was actively part of the Soviet machine. A Europe “united” under Russian control is his goal. Megalomania is a disease with no cure and explains his actions far better than “Ukraine was getting too cozy with the West”...
Thanks-—that makes sense. Also, here is a post from another site that was going back and forth on Russia and Ukraine. This poster grew up in the Ukraine and has family there. I’m just trying to understand this more and your response, if I’m reading it correctly seems to go along the same reasoning:
“But on the related and much more comical note, Russian government allocated $5 billion few years ago to work on pro Russian influence and building prorussian political organizations in Ukraine. Department responsible was reporting on huge success and this was one of the few reasons that convinced Putin his troops will have little to no resistance.
But in reality, in the very Slavic fashion, the vast majority of those money were stolen by few principal actors and all progress reports were complete bulls*it.”