USA, Russia, NATO & Ukraine: US Plane Missing

What's the Purpose of NATO?
When Did it Begin?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
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~ Do We Need NATO? ~
5-17-19, American Thinker --  NATO  [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] remains a problem for the U.S. Did it lose its purpose and objective after the Soviet Union was declared dissolved by Mikhail Gorbachev on December 25, 1991, or is it still a useful? More here

SHOT DOWN? U.S. Military Cargo Plane "Disappears" from Flight Tracking After Leaving Ukraine and Violating Russia Air Space
1-22-22, Hal Turner -- Operating under US Transportation Command, National Airlines Charter Flight NCR574 for STATE/DOD cargo jet landed late last night, 1/21/22 in Kiev, Ukraine and offloaded two hundred thousand pounds of ammunition. A portion of the USA's "lethal" aid being given to Ukraine. And after taking off  - and instead of heading back toward Germany where it originated - it flew due north violating Belarus air space and violated Russian Air Space. It "disappeared" from flight tracking as it entered Kazakhstan.
Was it shot down? [..] Is this the "provocation" people have been waiting for which will be used as an excuse to drag the US into a war with Russia?

In Response to Rising Threat of Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine, NATO Forces Have Begun Mobilizing in the Region
1-21-22, YahooNews – On Jan 20, 2022 Spain announced that two of its warships were en route to the Black Sea, the body of water that borders southern Ukraine, to partake in military exercises originally planned for later this year. Military analyst Gustav Gressel, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, France hopes to lead an Enhanced Forward Presence battalion of fighters in Romania. Then the Kremlin demanded that NATO fighters leave both Romania and Bulgaria, demands falling on deaf ears. [..] For months, Russian officials have been demanding that NATO stop expanding, bar Ukraine and Georgia from joining, and kick out members that have joined since 1997. History, spheres of influence, and the prospect of self-governance have everything to do with Russia’s ongoing aggressions against Ukraine, which was also once part of the Soviet Union.

Why NATO Has Become a Flash Point With Russia in Ukraine & What is the source of Russia’s dispute with NATO? 
1-19-22, CFR.Org --Russian leaders have long been wary of the eastward expansion of NATO, particularly as the alliance opened its doors to former Warsaw Pact states and ex-Soviet republics in the late 1990s (the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland) and early 2000s (Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia). Their fears grew in the late 2000s as the alliance stated its intent to admit Georgia and Ukraine at an unspecified point in the future - Ukraine was/is a red line. The government of Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening a wider military incursion into Ukraine unless the U.S.-led alliance makes several major security concessions, including a commitment to cease expanding eastward. Russia says that the United States and NATO have continually violated pledges... summary:

• Russia has mobilized more than one hundred thousand troops along its border with Ukraine and is demanding major security concessions from NATO.
• Russia alleges that U.S. leaders have broken promises they made in the early 1990s to not expand NATO’s membership eastward.
• U.S. and NATO leaders say no such pledges were made and refuse to discuss limitations on NATO’s future expansion, but they say they are open to some security dialogue with Russia.

[Note: Maybe one of the reasons for the conspiracy of the corrupt 2020 election with so many world nations involved; was to oust Donald Trump! Pres T was a thorn in the side of the unneeded monstrosity  -- NATO! -- Annette]