RE:RE:RE:Russian troops closing in the actor is doing fine, thank you. You think the Uke's are fighting fiercely because of actor ? You're crazy. Uke's fighting because it's their country. Brave people. Yes, some Uke's, eastern edge, wanted to be part of Russia....so what ? Some Yanks, want out of U.S. ? Putin lost control of Ukraine, actor elected by 77% majority btw....now Putin, brings in the stormtroopers.....to 'persuade' ukraine.......and you as.h.les think that's the way to do things....??
Putin may win the battle, but he's already lost the war. The Ukrainians remember the Holodomar, where millions died of starvation so Russians could be fed ( again when russia's army controlled Ukraine )....now this brutal scorched earth invasion......Ukrainians NOW will never forgive or forget....and will use the next opportunity to throw the Russians out of their country.......
As to Nato and Russia's worries, largely bs. Ukraine was not part of nato, wasn't going to be admitted to nato, for the reasons you mentioned, same reasons Finland isn't part of nato....but Russia cannot instruct nato not to accept, or order a free a democratic country, the Ukraine, what it should do........and it cannot invade an independent nation and slaughter it's inhabitants and get away with it.