 The whole point of the war in Ukraine is to prevent Russia from economically and politically integrating with Europe, especially Germany. And this is the whole point of NATO. In fact, what's funny is if you go to the NATO website, you can find this famous quote, which is from Lord Ismay, who was the first ever NATO secretary general. That is the NATO leader. And it was a British military officer who, by the way, oversaw colonial war crimes in the British colonies in Africa.