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Regarding Poland/Czech Republic - there's the argument that if they want to join NATO or the EU, they should as sovereign states be free to do so. Russia may not like it but in an international system of sovereign states, Moscow should have no say in what these countries do of their own volition.
Saying that their joining Nato/the EU is a provocation is an acceptance of a Russian narrative in which the FSU states form either part of a buffer zone or, worse, part of Russia's sphere of influence.
That's a view some in the west hold - like Kissinger, for example, and some other aged foreign policy wonks (Mearsheimer is another although he's not as well known).
It's not a very liberal view as it says the sovereignty of these countries is secondary to great power politics.