The border between Russia and the Baltics is much more wild and undeveloped, and much harder to push an army through as a result. The border between Ukraine and Russia is mostly flat farmland, very easy to send troops through.
That makes a lot of sense, thank you! I see people use the Baltics as a “gotcha” against the argument that Russia does not want NATO on its borders so I am glad there’s an explanation for why they don’t really count.
If the Baltics were just imaginary land that everyone agreed was real, they’d have the same geopolitical relevance as they do now: a flag and a voice cheerleading the West on international fora and trying to convince the world that the duality of being both pro-Nazi and innocent victims of communism was a real thing that they could be in the war.
The border between Russia and the Baltics is much more wild and undeveloped, and much harder to push an army through as a result. The border between Ukraine and Russia is mostly flat farmland, very easy to send troops through.
That makes a lot of sense, thank you! I see people use the Baltics as a “gotcha” against the argument that Russia does not want NATO on its borders so I am glad there’s an explanation for why they don’t really count.
If the Baltics were just imaginary land that everyone agreed was real, they’d have the same geopolitical relevance as they do now: a flag and a voice cheerleading the West on international fora and trying to convince the world that the duality of being both pro-Nazi and innocent victims of communism was a real thing that they could be in the war.