All of this could have been avoided but due to Western bully tactics, overconfidence and just a supremacist attitude, it is not. Every country has their own interests and every country has a right to defense as they see fit. Russia cannot allow Ukraine to join NATO, period. Full stop, end of story. They cannot. They have been very, very consistent about this. Ukraine is a route of invading Russia, as history has shown. Whether NATO intends to invade Russia through Ukraine is not relevant - it is what Russia sees.
The West, especially America, cannot see anything beyond its immediate interests. It cannot acknowledge that other countries may have interests that differ from its own. Russia sees Ukraine as a major entry point to Russia due to several factors, including geography. Basically, Ukraine serves as a buffer from an ever expansionist NATO. You people may not agree with this but it does not matter. This is how Russia sees it. Remember about acknowledging other people's concerns? It will be challenging for you, no doubt.
What might happen is that all of this accelerates the weakening of the West, especially America. Actually, at this point, Russia is stronger than America financially, fiscally and is more prepared in many different ways. America's influence is only a fraction of what it was back even a few decades ago, let alone further than that. As Russia abandons the US dollar, so will others. It will happen. America's influence is only going to weaken the more it reacts in a very strange way. Russia will turn towards East and other parts of the world. They have very good relations all over the world.The west are the b
The past two decades of America wasting trillions and killing millions only made it much, much weaker in every way. Now, it just cannot respond in any meaningful manner. The sanctions imposed are laughable since Russia has moved away from the Western slave system anyway. It is the Europeans who are scared and cannot do a single thing. On one side, they have America and UK always pushing for more war and on the other side, they have their own energy and other commodity needs. Russia can be a good business partner with Europe but America will not let that happen. It will always throw a wrench in whatever agreement there is. Not my opinion, history has shown this. The poor Germans are timidly walking away from Nord Stream 2 but leaving the door open. They cannot abandon their energy needs no matter what America says.