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15. The provocation worked and Russia attacked Ukraine. The appeal by Zelenskyy for Nato to join in the defence of his country was ignored but the support was only with money and supplies.
14. So the Nato countries did not admit Ukraine as a Nato member. But they continued to provoke Russia by making it known that they would eventually accept Ukrainian membership of Nato.
13. The Nato countries had agreed that an attack on one of its members is an attack against Nato. This means that Nato would go to war if Ukraine became a member and was attacked.
11. War games were played involving the countries at Russia’s western border. The idea must be to provoke Russia. Ukraine was to join Nato knowing full well that Russia would feel threatened because Ukraine is a next-door neighbour.
Instead of disbanding Nato the Western powers set about persuading the former Warsaw Pact members to join Nato and the European Union. Russia was not invited. It remained the potential enemy.
8. Immediately the Western allies identified their partner, Russia as the new enemy. They set up Nato and the Russians responded by setting up the Warsaw Pact. A cold war ensued for decades.