Zelensky: Yes, we would like to join NATO (CNN)

[ItsjustMe]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated that his country intends to join NATO when asked about the remarks of his country's ambassador to the UK, who suggested Kyiv might abandon those ambitions to avoid further Russian aggression.

[Sneederbunk]

1. Quite simply, Russia will never allow a NATO country on its border.

Therein lies the rub.

[FreepFryer]

2. It's either a sovereign border or it isn't. We will see what Putin will risk ignoring that fact (nt)

[IronLionZion]

5. "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must"

- Thucydides

[IronLionZion]

3. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are full NATO members on Russia's border

NATO has rejected Ukraine specifically because of their high likelihood of invasion by Russia.

Lithuania didn't want the Russian exclave of Kalingrad when the Soviet Union disintegrated because they feared Russia would eventually want it and invade anyway to get a port on the Baltic Sea.

[Sneederbunk]

4. Belarus is not Russia.