NATO was always a vital interest to both Ukraine and Russia, although most Ukrainians didn't understand that until Russia invaded in 2014.

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Russia accused Ukraine of a military build-up of its own and demanded "legal guarantees" that it would never join NATO.

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Putin isn't afraid of NATO in the abstract, he's been facing NATO/U.S. backed forces in Ukraine for three years. His objection is to binding ...

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Forget his excuses. Russia's autocrat doesn't worry about NATO. What terrifies him is the prospect of a flourishing Ukrainian democracy.

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Russia is opposed to Zelensky's Ukraine joining NATO because Putin doesn't want to to suffer sickening claustrophobia, around the Western Camp ...

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Ukraine wanted to join NATO for the defensive protection it would give against Russia, and more broadly as a shift away from Russia towards the EU and the west.

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Russia has consistently opposed the idea of Ukraine becoming a member, fearing it would bring Nato forces too close to its borders.

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by A Roininen — NATO's enlargement into Eastern Europe is perceived in the Kremlin as an anti-Russian project aimed at encircling Russia, and as a central cause of the Ukraine ...

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NATO's door remains open. Ukraine, as the country who wishes to join and NATO Allies decide on NATO membership. Russia does not have a veto.

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"Russia, arguably, feels more threatened by Ukrainian NATO membership because (Vladimir) Putin clearly cannot accept that Ukraine 'turns against ...

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