[JoSixChip]

So will this be another unprovoked attack when Russia moves to protect itself?

[Boogieman]

Russia isn’t stupid enough to attack.

[oldskoolwargamer2]

Won’t be an attack. If Ukraine was in NATO the Russians would not have attacked there either. This is the purpose of a defensive alliance and exactly why Norway and Sweden are joining. Putin miscalculated badly if he thought that attacking a sovereign neighbor would prevent other sovereign neighbors from joining a defensive alliance.

[pierrem15]

So will this be another unprovoked attack when Russia moves to protect itself?

Yes, since NATO is not attacking Russia (yet).

[ought-six]

“So will this be another unprovoked attack when Russia moves to protect itself?”

Are you implying that Russia invaded Ukraine because it had nuke missiles?