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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
Russia doesn't want Ukraine. No one wants Ukraine. It doesn't have anything going for it. Ukraine's only purpose to NATO is to antagonize Russia. Putin's "end game" is to keep (1) NATO off his borders; and (2) keep US offensive tactical missiles out of range of Russia. That is, out of Poland and Romania.
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Russia wants the buffer to protect their oil and gas supplies. It’s too risky for them to have a NATO partner bordering that region. The Nazis didn’t really want Ukraine either but natural landscape of Ukraine make it natural highway to Russia’s prized assets.