Putin: We wouldn’t have lifted a finger if it hadn’t been for the bloody events on the Maidan. Because we agreed that after the

Putin: We wouldn’t have lifted a finger if it hadn’t been for the bloody events on the Maidan. Because we agreed that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, our borders should run along the borders of the former Soviet republics. We agreed to this, but we never agreed to NATO expansion. And moreover, we never agreed that Ukraine would be in NATO. We have not agreed for decades to base NATO there without any discussion with us. We kept asking: don’t do this, don’t do this. And what triggered the recent events? Firstly, the current leadership of Ukraine has stated that it will not implement the Minsk agreements. A year and a half ago, the former leaders of Germany and France openly declared to the whole world that they had indeed signed the Minsk agreements, but never intended to implement them. We were just being led by the nose. Источник: Victor vicktop55