>>>Smerel: Why blame NATO? Part of the purpose of NATO is to deter aggressors from invading sovereign countries
Not really. Officially the UN peacekeepers do that and even they don’t really do so.
NATO was formed to protect anti Russian countries. From the Russian perspective when they are moving their troop closer and closer to the Russian they are the aggressors. There was no conflict that precipitated those moves. Putin is correct to see it as a move against him and to respond.
As above how would the US react to military “peacekeepers” from hostile counties being moved closer and closer to the US border?