If #Ukraine, after joining #NATO, had provoked a military conflict in #Crimea or #Donbas, then under #NATO’s Charter, #Russia would have found itself at once at war with all members of the #North_Atlantic bloc - from the #US and the #UK to #Germany and #France.

That might have been the end of civilization.

This could not be allowed."

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691