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Originally Posted by WCW Nitro
Can someone explain one thing to me? One of the grievances Russia has is that it doesn't want Nato encroaching on this border via Ukraine, but if they capture Ukraine, they will be surrounded by NAto countries. So why does this make strategic sense for them, unless the reasoning is that it brings Russia into the heart of Europe and thus balances out.
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Because even if they conquer the whole country and it all is just subsumed into Russia, Russia won't really consider that territory to be "Russia" in the sense of being something it particularly cares about. It'll basically just be a buffer.
That being said, obviously NATO is already on its border because all the Baltic countries are in NATO since 2004.