Russia declares NATO a major threat

Eventually Ukraine will self-partition into a relatively tiny south eastern (semi) autonomous region supported by cooperative economic and social exchanges with Russia, and an expansive north western agricultural basket zone region continually begging (braying) for support from the EU IMF US NATO. Putin is now set on embarrassing nouveau euro mistress Kiev for at least a decade after which the west will realize (but not admit) that economic sanctions were unenforceable, unsustainable, ineffective and ultimately unaffordable. Meanwhile the EURO currency is going to take a big pounding against the DOLLAR, further compounding the energy crisis for the entire EU Community by raising costs for its vital natural gas imports by half. Running factories with wind turbines is going to be a big drag on German manufacturing and that will have devastating knock on consequences for the rest of the EURO nation complex and also for Poland. This entire morass could have been avoided by better western diplomacy sans CIA and NATO meddling by neo-cold-warists. What was gained: Just an enlargement of NATO by 4000 more troops who will never see action but will cost billion(s) and billion(s) in force maintenance and more pieces of shiny new equipment to polish. Oops.