Putin want’s to add Ukraine to Russia to protect the borders of Russia. But taking Ukraine will merely shift Russia’s borders to the West of Ukraine and give Putin even more border problems, especially with Poland, and Romania because those countries are very pro-West and Anti-Russia. If Ukraine is occupied by Russia NATO will beef up the military presence in Poland and Romania. Russia is playing a dangerous and losing game with the West which has caused massive sanctions against Russia that will be increased if Putin occupies more of Ukraine. Of course it’s easy enough to stop Russia, just pay Ukraine to oppose Russia.
By 29 March 2022, the following 54 countries and territories had completely closed their airspace to all Russian airlines and Russian-registered private jets:
Albania
Anguilla[177]
Aruba[178]
Bermuda[179]
Bonaire[180]
British Virgin Islands[181]
Canada
Cayman Islands[182]
Faroe Islands[183]
Gibraltar[184]
Greenland[185]
Iceland
Kosovo
Moldova
Montenegro
Montserrat[186]
North Macedonia
Norway
Saba[187]
Saint Helena[188]
Sint Eustatius[189]
Sint Maarten[190]
Switzerland
Turks and Caicos Islands[191]
Ukraine (since 2015)
United Kingdom
United States
European Union (EU27)
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
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