it's european version of Cuba crisis - geopolitical enemy in the underbelly of nuclear power
This integration is what led to Germany's Russian gas dependency in the end.
...and how did that help solve the "european version of carribian crisis"?
ignoring reasons citing costs only expresses you having different values - but it doesn't solve the problem
there were attempts to make safeguards - to allow Ukraine into EU, but not NATO. Those failed
War is the result of those failures
Well it didn't, and that's my point. This was the diplomatic route and it completely failed. There was never going to be a diplomatic solution.
> there were attempts to make safeguards - to allow Ukraine into EU, but not NATO. Those failed
Yes, in 2013 Ukraine signed a trade deal with the EU and already at that time Russia pressured Ukraine to renounce this deal. Russia showed their hands at that point and clearly displayed to the world that it had nothing to do with NATO but rather about total control of Ukraine.
> War is the result of those failures
War started 11 years ago, after Euromaidan, at a time where Ukraine wasn't talking about joining NATO yet. NATO became a priority for Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion in 2014.
The Cuban Missile Crisis was about nuclear missiles only minutes from Florida. After the crisis, Cuba continued to host Russian fighter jets, bombers, tanks, and tons of other weapons until the USSR finally collapsed in 1991.
Ukraine had nothing of this sort, and to this day, doesn't have.
It is a lazy comparison thrown around to justify a textbook imperial land grab by Russia.
Europe was stupid as they let "green" political groups (often historically clandestinely backed by Soviet/Russian government) get nuke plants shut down to shift to coal/gas.
While Europe was incredibly naive to remain so udderly reliant on Russian gas, especially after the the annexation of Crimea and the shoot-down of MH17, the war is 150% the fault of the Russian government and nobody else (USA, NATO, Ukraine, etc).