Although you are in conversation with someone else but I could nor resist answering to your question.
Did Russia invade Ukraine legally? Yes or no?
This is a very good question that you have asked. We can draw some timeline and answer the question.
Q. Did Russia invade Ukraine
legally? Yes or no?
- NoThe invasion or military operation or whatever you call it, did it start from 9 days ago?
The aim of the United States and the its European allies to peel Ukraine away from the Soviet orbit and incorporate it into the West - John Mearsheimer
Do you agree or disagree with this?
If you agree then how US is doing this?
- To make Ukraine a Western military base on Russian border.
Do you think Russia was suppose to allow this act? Yes/No?
- My answer is NO! Of-course Russia will do everything they can.
US had a few elements to use.
1. Expand NATO towards east, towards Russian border.
2. Integrate Ukraine economy into the west or in other words EU expansion
3. Promote democracy in Ukraine. US runs around the world, give everything to put their choice of democratic regimes. We all love democracy, don't we? Moscow do not like it and Beijing too.
Let's go back way before Feb 22nd 2014.
In mid 1990s former Soviet Union made it clear that they oppose NATO expansion although they were too weak to do anything about it.
NATO's declaration in 2008:
NATO welcomes Ukraine's and Georgia's Euro Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO. We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO
Putin's response:
Georgia and Ukraine becoming part of NATO is a "direct threat" to Russia
Ukraine is
strategically very important for the security of Russia but the West were encouraging Ukraine to play tough against Russia. The West were encouraging the Ukrainians that they will ultimately become a part of the West because the West will ultimately defeat Putin.
Is West losing anything from this War? No! In fact, they are looking at making more money from selling weapons and since Russian will be disconnected from major part of the world, US will easily make deals with their energy resources to the EU nations. But what did Ukraine get from playing tough against a country which has huge nuclear power where they have none?
It does not matter who will win this WAR? Putin or West but one thing is very clear for sure that Ukraine is losing everything now, Ukraine is getting wrecked and will have nothing left when we will have an end of this WAR.