Meanwhile Putin became silent after he forced Sweden and Finland to reconsider and join.
The threat to putin wasn't Nato om his doorstep but a partially russian speaking country becoming a successful democracy and joining EU.
The threat to putin wasn't Nato om his doorstep but a partially russian speaking country becoming a successful democracy and joining EU.
> Ukraine has a sovereign right to join the European Union, but this “sovereignty” does not apply to military alliances, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
https://www.politico.eu/article/dmitrt-peskov-kremlin-ukrain...
So this makes sense to me. Basically I think it is US that Russia sees as a threat (because may be US seen Russia as a major threat and wants to break it up).
2. Ukraine has the right to join whatever alliance it wants regardless of what russia means.