Originally Posted by
Div1
Poland is a geopolitical funnel that has been important to Russian military history over several times. It's in the Northern European Plain, which means that any army that approaches Russia has a decently predictable route to approach the country from (between the Baltic sea and the Carpathian mountains). The whole reason why Russia wants Poland in the first place is to create as much distance between Moscow and Russian heartland and NATO territory. The whole mindset of Russia for the last 20 years since the collapse of the USSR has been mostly defensive. Since Russia was the smallest it had been in centuries.
Don't forget that Russia has minorities in the Baltic countries that it can use as pieces if it wishes. They also want access to their Baltic port of Kaliningrad, which is surrounded by hostile countries. Russia's whole reason for the annexation of Crimea was to get direct access to warmwater ports. Never trust the idea of Russian nationalism, its based on literal inflation and expansion.
Bookmarks