Wow, the three newspapers with known anti-male bias just happen to be agitating for war in Ukraine.
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It is primarily about control over the Black Sea and blocking NATO from expanding. Russia and allies (Turkey, Georgia) control the majority of the Black Sea's territorial waters and access through the Bosporus Strait, adding Ukraine would give Russia near total control.
These are prime military routes, as well as Russian gas and oil shipping routes into Europe (via the Mediterranean Sea). Allowing Russian oil and gas to reach Europe and be sold for Euros would seriously threaten the US-Saudi Petro dollar duopoly.
Surely you want to say, enemies?
Georgia in particular being still at war (ceasefire only and Crimea style occupation of parts). And Turkey-Russia quasi-proxy war continues in places like Syria and Libya (also ceasefires for large scale hostilties, but still).
Good points. As with all things political, they are selectively "allies" when it comes to keeping NATO out of the region. Turkey, specially has a lot to gain from oil/gas commerce going through the strait.
Turkey's literally NATO and Georgia wants to be NATO.
Turkey is "NATO", but it is also a Russian "ally". Not a black and white situation. They will side with the winner and whoever brings them tariffs through the strait.
https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86251
Georgia fears Russia (see 2008 crisis) and will fall in line once Russia brings Ukraine down, also there is a large pro-Russia sentiment in Georgia, specially from ethnic Russians, families of Georgian ex-pats working in Russia and ex-soviet block over 50 people.
I am not an expert, but I have lived in Kharkiv, and what we get here is not a complete picture of the region.