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From the guy's own mouth.

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[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"The background was that President Putin declared in the autumn of 2021, and actually sent a draft treaty that they wanted NATO to sign, to promise no more NATO enlargement. That was what he sent us. And was a pre-condition for not invade Ukraine. Of course we didn't sign that."

[–] BitPirate@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Don't allow others to join your defense pact or we'll demonstrate why it's necessary in the first place."

Perfectly sane logic. Nothing strange.

[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Ukraine was already invaded…