alt Hacker NewsThe "buffer zone" argument works in reverse: gee, I wonder why Europe got worried given that annexation of Ukraine would put Russian forces right next to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary (Orban era), Romania, and Moldova (which is already partly occupied in Transnistria).
There's always this double measure - what ruzzia does is just peaceful and dandy damn those who react in any way to the thugs burning down your frontyard.