Whilst Ukraine is not a formal member of NATO, for all practical purposes Ukraine has become a defacto member of NATO. One of the early targets of the Russian invasion was a NATO training-base in Ukraine, which was destroyed by Russian missiles. This included military exercises in Ukraine and in the Black Sea; withdrawing from weapons treaties; and putting offensive weapons in Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is to protect people in Eastern Ukraine, and the people of Russia in the long term. NATO and Russia with a view to Germany and Ukraine’, Current Concern (English edition of Zeit-Fragen), February 2022, athttps://www.zeit-fragen.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/zeit-fragen/eins/ganze_Ausgaben/2022/CC_special_edition_2-2022.pdf[1] Mike Whitney, ‘The crisis in Ukraine is not about Ukraine.

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2022 15:15 UTC