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2024-02-11 14:18:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 29C1BA3EAED75F8CBB5DA2C7F102C860250DCF9501449C297AD9011E19EFB3C3
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NATO did not promise the Soviet Union it won't expand eastwards. https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/115204.htm https://www.techarp.com/facts/nato-expand-warsaw-pact-facts/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/did-nato-promise-not-to-enlarge-gorbachev-says-no/ https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-expansion-russia-mislead/31263602.html Mikhail Gorbachev confirmed that NATO expansion was never discussed, or brought up in those years. https://www.rbth.com/international/2014/10/16/mikhail_gorbachev_i_am_against_all_walls_40673.html https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early The "russia offered peace and Ukraine was forced to continue the war" is kremlin's propaganda. https://thewire.in/world/why-peace-negotiations-between-russia-and-ukraine-failed
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