Quote from: Lucius on Today at 11:43:51 AM

Quote from: Ultegra134 on February 26, 2022, 08:30:45 PM

It wouldn't surprise me if he goes for other nearby countries, such as Belarus, Sweden or Finland, western countries that do not belong in the NATO and could potentially be an easier target. He has already threatened Finland and Sweden if they decided to enter NATO.

Belarus is their ally anyway, and they are using their territory to attack Ukraine - so we can say that this is aggression by two countries against one independent country. Unfortunately, it will not be easy for the countries you mentioned to remain intact, because the world has shown that it will not intervene militarily in the defense of any non-NATO country. Even if the two countries are in NATO, the procedure that the military organization has requires all members to give the green light before military action is launched, which can take weeks. It may look good on paper, but in practice, it is a bulky machine that is difficult to start.

Quote from: Ultegra134 on February 26, 2022, 08:30:45 PM

This isn't a simple war against Ukraine, but a war against established values we took for granted, which is border integrity and peace, in the European continent, values that till now, were left intact after World War 2.

The EU was weak in 1991 when the wars in the Balkans began, the greatest crimes since World War II were committed - and they imposed sanctions on the attacked countries on arms imports so that they could not defend themselves. The EU is still weak today, and instead of strengthening Ukraine militarily, they are calculating with mostly ineffective sanctions in order not to anger Russia more than they should.

I've also read that Russia is invading Ukraine through Belarus, quite ironic that it's practically assisting Russia on the invasion. I wouldn't be surprised if Putin and Belarus itself "united" into one powerful country, since it was considered to be Russian territory since the epoch of the Soviet Union. Who knows, Putin might be envisioning its rebirth, by acquiring their old territories.

Finland is now planning to enter NATO, however, I didn't know it was such a hassle in order to assist their allies. After seeing such indifference from the EU and NATO, I wouldn't be surprised if Turkey decided to eventually invade Greece, let's keep in mind that we share quite a few similarities with Russia - Ukraine conflict.