Endless War

Given the context of all these invasions, if you were an ex-soviet state bordering russia, how safe would you feel now?

Each of those wars would have distinct reasons I'm not closely familiar with. CIA agitation and a significant Russian population in those places were certainly factors, before digging.

Ukraine has natural resources in new Russia territory, and so that proves Russia is making a land grab.

This I know to be complete BS. There were clear reasonable red lines for the naziCIA pig filth to avoid the SMO, and keep all of those resources for US/Ukraine. Missing from Sach's history review is the Minsk accord peace process which dragged on for 5+ years, but 1 fundamentally useful proof provided by western participation is Ukraine had/has a nazi problem committing evil.

What makes your narrative the usual demonic confessing lie projected as an accusation by empire loyalists is:

1. Corrupt Empire privatization deals for oil started shortly after 2014 US coup.

2. Ukraine also raise the transit fees for Russian NG sent to Europe to extortionary levels.

3. Nordstream 2 project gets designed and funded overnight, not because Europe needs more gas volume, but because of Ukraine's extortion rates. This is also Russia finding a peaceful solution to Ukraine problem. Germany and Europe also seeking escape from CIA domination.

4. The blatant threats made against Germany/EU starting when project announced, provoking the war when Nord2 opens, and culminating with its humiliating sabotage proves this is a US war on western Europe. US got 1 year's worth of extortion priced LNG sales as a result. Complete colonial subservice by colonies for the war on the colonies.

By far, the power of disinformation/NED has created the most humiliating subservience of vassals that are not officially colonies with directly appointed governors in history. NED invalidates the idealist fiction of democracy.

This is a US provoked war for resource control. Less about the opportunity to spend development money to make 10%-15% money, but for US to spend money to make war for destabilization benefits of keeping its existing controlled resources more profitable... as usual in US provoked wars.

Put yourself in shoes of ex-eastern block countries after 50+ years of “communism

Sure. Hate against the country most responsible for agreeing to your freedom should reign. The populism for hate and historical retibution makes the disinformation of democracy an easy path. That doesn't change in the slightest the point that the only possible threat to eastern block of Europe is that hate fueled provocation, as it was with Ukraine.

what kind of bollocks is it that sovereign countries have to remain “neutral” do they not have any rights to self determination?

Canada could join BRICS and get paid to host Russian/Chinese/Iranian missile bases pointed at US. It is currently not even allowed to sell resource development projects to Chinese companies. It has been forced to duplicate US tariff structures without even consulting China on any negotiation to avoid them. Canada, for its own good, needs to be respectful of US. There used to be a limit on its subservience. Canada's subservience is forced by a demonic evil empire. Empire sycophants telling you/me that new colonies should be integrated into demonic hegemony (while calling it sovereign freedom), do so hypocritically, while refusing the neutrality/liberation of existing colonies, much less their freedom to join the anti-demonic resistance.