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Originally Posted by Bladewire
Yes they were/are
Ukrainian NATO relations
Organization (NATO) started in 1994.[1] Ukraine applied to join the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) in 2008.[2][3]
Plans for NATO membership were shelved by Ukraine following the 2010 presidential election in whichpro Putin Viktor Yanukovych, who preferred to keep the country non-aligned, was elected President.[4][5]
Amid the Euromaidan unrest, Yanukovych fled Ukraine in February 2014.[6]
The interim Yatsenyuk Government which came to power, initially said, with reference to the country's non-aligned status, that it had no plans to join NATO.[7] However, following the Russian military invasion in Ukraine and parliamentary elections in October 2014, the new government made joining NATO a priority.[8] |
Just because you apply for it, does not mean it can be granted.
Gee wiz, after the cold war, there was even talk of possible NATO membership for Russia.
The idea started and was contained in Ukraine. And probably would have been done if putin sat on his thumbs.
Putin knew exactly what he was doing in any case. Stopping at all the right places.
Putin may have had some good reason for fearing this since, as I remember it, there was some other nation that was suppose to be off limits but was granted membership.
Can you see the build in propaganda right now for the break-up of NATO.
Putin figures he has but a short time left to do his damage using Trump.
It will get worse yet before Trump is out on his ass.