Express an opinion on the Western military presence near Russia and potential consequences of their actions.
That is absolute bull crap. You poke the bear for decades, backing them into a corner, and they will respond. NATO and the West have been building military bases and missile "defense" systems for decades and if you look on a map, you see how strategic this build up has been - they surround Russia entirely. It would be crazy to think they would go down without defending themselves (in their own country, or in this case, through an ally).