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Originally Posted by Pointman
The lack of trust is so severe, that Putin wants written legally binding guarantees on Ukraine not joining NATO. And he actually did explain that he wants it this way because oral, not clearly formulated promises of 1990 were broken (see Spiegel article above). And the west doesn't want to give him that.
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Why does Russia get to dictate what Ukraine does? Part of being a country is self-determination. If Ukraine wants to join something, sorry Putin, too bad, so sad. You don't get to invade them for that.