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^ It's never going to be black and white, but if nothing is done, the signal is letting the world know that it's ok to invade your neighbours, kill a bunch of people, and take over their land. The concept of "what is the correct" thing to do is all over the spectrum, and you might think it's nbd because it's so far away from you, however for countries in the Europe, especially the Balkan states, Poland, etc, they're next if they allow Ukraine to fall. Putin has already iterated that they should be falling under his influence of power and has no qualms about invading and flexing that power.
None of the countries will or want to get involved directly because no one wants to start a 3rd world war, not even Putin and China, but proxy wars have been ranging all over the place in the last decade.
What if your neighbours two houses over tried to take over your neighbour's house, tried to kill the owner and the kids? How would you feel? You'd expect the police to get involved, but there's no credible police force in the world, and all there is are other neighbours to stop the aggressive one. It's happening right next door, the fear that you are next is going to be there.
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