Putin “outplayed” everyone again: NATO's flight time to St. Petersburg became minimal/Getty Images
Putin attacked Ukraine on the pretext of holding back NATO's eastward expansion. Moreover, there was no chance for Ukraine to join NATO before the start of the war.
As a result, Finland and Sweden received a solidarity decision on countries joining NATO. Moreover, before Putin's attack on Ukraine, Finland and Sweden were not going to join NATO.
NATO accidentally approached Russia
And if Putin decides to attack the Finns or the Swedes before they join NATO over the next month, if he finds additional fighting Buryats, then Britain and the United States promised to help disperse and annihilate them.
Thus, NATO accidentally approached to Russia, expanded to the East, the common border grew, as the paranoia of the Russians, who are at war in their heads with NATO, should grow even more. to his beloved Peter became minimal. Outplayed everyone again, great strategist. Or was it Putin's brilliant plan to lure NATO to his borders? It remains only to scare the whole world with a nuclear war.
By the way, do the Russians still offer “Finlandization” to Ukraine at the talks?
And yes, of course, that NATO is only an excuse for fascist Putin to attack Ukraine. But it is also true that no one has canceled the Russian paranoia. Nor did it cancel their desire to look strong and intimidating on the international stage.
Putin's plan failed/Photo by Getty Images
But when you're saber-rattling against NATO expansion, and NATO expands as a result, you certainly don't look strong and scary, but rather funny and pathetic. And your rattling of nuclear weapons is perceived as a recognition of your own impotence, an acceptance of the fact of your own weakness.
This is how Putin beat everyone and unprecedentedly raised Russia's authority in the world.
