The desire to secure access to Crimea is also why the Russian Army is now focused on the strategic port of Mariupol, a gateway on the Sea of Azov, for a land bridge. Europeans should understand the inherent dangers in creating a land corridor through another country, given the Nazis’ use of the Danzig Corridor as a pretext to invade Poland in 1939.
开拓克里米亚通道同样能解释俄军为什么如此关注亚速海门户具有战略意义的马里乌波尔港，并将其作为通往克里米亚的陆路桥梁。有了1939年纳粹以但泽走廊为入侵波兰借口的前车之鉴，欧洲人应该清楚开拓通过他国陆路走廊的危险性。