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For you perhaps but I know a few Ukrainian people and I'm from Germany.

We are much closer to this.

Also guess who might have joined Russia after Ukraine? You don't think having Russia suddenly as your neighbor doesn't matter?

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Assuming you’re talking about Poland and Romania, the consensus was that Russia’s initial plan would have been installing a puppet government.

So they wouldn’t have had Russia as neighbor, but a Russia-friendly country, just like they did for most of the rather brief time Ukraine existed as an independent country. Or another Belarus, which Poland at least is already neighboring.

I get why these countries are nervous but Ukraine’s very very different from Romania or Poland or any other EU country.

That Ukraine doesn’t actually exist is what you hear on Russian TV, but is it actually true? I don’t think it’s quite that simple.

Honest question , how are they "very different from Romania or Poland"? Do you mean bigger? Also hypothetically if Belarus wanted to join the EU (after a regime change ofc) what would your objections be?

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