I’m not some kind of geopolitician, but I see a number of obvious reasons: this is a full-fledged war in Europe between two large countries; NATO countries clearly support Ukraine with everything, but do not send troops because Putin threatened with nuclear weapons; many expected that this war would not happen, because it is obviously a dangerous and not profitable move, so now they are not sure that there will be no attack on a NATO country or a nuclear strike.
And what would be the key difference with the wars in the Balkans in the 90′s? Their sheer size? The GDP/capita of Russia and Ukraine is very low. Or that these were independence wars instead of wars between countries?
The invader of Iraq was also a nuclear power and no one spoke about WW3. And in Syria, several nuclear powers were involved. This alone does not seem to be determinant.
I’m not some kind of geopolitician, but I see a number of obvious reasons: this is a full-fledged war in Europe between two large countries; NATO countries clearly support Ukraine with everything, but do not send troops because Putin threatened with nuclear weapons; many expected that this war would not happen, because it is obviously a dangerous and not profitable move, so now they are not sure that there will be no attack on a NATO country or a nuclear strike.
And what would be the key difference with the wars in the Balkans in the 90′s? Their sheer size? The GDP/capita of Russia and Ukraine is very low. Or that these were independence wars instead of wars between countries?
The invader is a nuclear power, that’s a pretty big difference.
The invader of Iraq was also a nuclear power and no one spoke about WW3. And in Syria, several nuclear powers were involved. This alone does not seem to be determinant.