Oddbean new post about login | logout Finland recently became NATO member, look how close it to russia. so what, have you heard any concern from russia? this "nukes close to border" it just verbal smoke. putin do not afraid of NATO. reasons why russia invade ukraine totally different.
Russia did articulate that finlands entry would require a proportionate security response nukes on the Ukrainian border was discussed wrt to to reduced time for nukes to hit moscow, and this was unacceptable it's clearly multifactorial. ending neo nazi ideology and it's demilitarization, and stopping the shelling of culturally Russian peoples are part of the explicit goals no doubt Russia now has the world's most capable military, thanks to Sanctions and NATOs war "practice" I think Russia may not be "afraid", yet the devastating WW2 reality they copped (which the yanks never appreciate) gives them a healthy respect that war is the last option to pursue
> stopping the shelling of culturally Russian peoples Where and why Ukraine started the shelling of culturally Russian peoples?
here's a link from 2015. Kiev started shelling the Donetsk region the year before there are tons of sources on this. it's merely a matter of finding a source you'd be comfortable with trusting https://asiatimes.com/2015/03/pepe-escobar-in-eastern-ukraine-howling-in-donetsk/
So, Kyiv started shelling Donetsk region in 2014, although the article says 2015. Why Kyiv started shelling Donetsk specifically? Unfortunatelly I don't see clear answer in this article, can you say it clearly? Some notes about the article: - Photos broken, I would like to see and analize them - Pepe Escobar (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Pepe_Escobar). "Escobar has also been a commentator for RT and Sputnik News. According to the GEC, both outlets are members of "Russia's disinformation and propaganda ecosystem" - https://europaobjektiv.com/ - very strange news outlet.
quote from article - "Europa Objektiv, a German-based non-governmental media project" https://who.is/whois/europaobjektiv.com https://i.nostrimg.com/ab94036d4b06ee4e32bc8c5009f6d4e8433409b90da41ac0fdc9e1db69861108/file.png interesting, why "german-based" media project registered in Tbilisi
