Brookings, a US-based think tank, writes that “Moscow’s seizure of Crimea" was “the biggest land-grab in Europe since World War II". Kyiv fears attack by Russia as the latter has already annexed Crimea from Ukraine. The other big reason is that a member country of NATO will be eligible for collective support by all members in case of any external attack. Russia doesn't want NATO to allow Ukraine to become its member as it will expand the grouping's footprint to its border. The NATO, too, is open to make Ukraine its member, which has irked the Moscow big time. Ukraine wants to join this group of which the United States, the arch-rival of Russia, is a part. At the heart of the current crisis between Russia and Ukraine is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) – a group of 30 countries including the US, UK, France, and Germany.
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