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[–] VinnieFarsheds@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

To prevent them from joining NATO.

This is exactly why those countries should join NATO.

[–] Dogyote 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it's much easier and faster for Russia to start a war than it is to join NATO. A country can't join NATO if they're at war or have border disputes.

[–] VinnieFarsheds@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Good point. But fortunately Russia won't invade another country as long as it is still occupied in Ukraine, so all neighbouring countries that wish to remain independent should have applied to NATO by now.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were smart to do this years ago, otherwise they would've been puppet states like Belarus already, since Putin would love to have a better connection between Kaliningrad and the mainland.