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Russia vows to 'firmly defend' interests in Baltic after Estonia HIMARS test
(kyivindependent.com)
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NATO has invaded, among other countries, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Palestine, Vietnam, Korea.
Ah, you meant 'nobody is forced to join NATO', as opposed to it actually forcefully entering countries the way it did with the ones that I mentioned (among others)? Do you think that voluntarily joining the world's most prolific aggressor that is, among other things, conducting at least one obvious genocide is somehow good? Not sure how that is relevant otherwise.
Are you talking about the borders with the Baltic states and Norway, which are in a considerably different place than the border with Ukraine?
Do note that Ukraine has a large border close to Russia's most populated areas.
Which doesn't make any of this better.
NATO - i.e. the US and its subordinate states in Europe and elsewhere - is quite literally the initiator of the blockade against Russia (and other states/countries).
Some of the recent ones include the dropping of bridges onto civilian trains and drone striking civilians. Also, not directly related, but I'm going to remind you of the fact that NATO has also been committing war crimes like perfidiously using civilians to conduct military activities like with the 'Spider's web'.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/02/ukraine-war-briefing-ukraine-launches-one-of-its-deepest-drone-strikes-into-russia-killing-three
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/deaths-as-russian-train-hits-collapsed-bridge-after-interference
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-blames-us-ukrainian-strikes-crimea-rcna158471
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/world/europe/russia-ukraine-crimea-bridge.html