The Russians have been telling us, not just Putin, every Russian and every sector of Russian society has been telling us since 1992, you cannot put NATO in Ukraine. It is a red line for us. Russia shares a 2,200 mile border with Ukraine. We promised Russia in 1992 that we would not move NATO to the east. Since then, we've moved it 14 nations and a thousand miles to the east. So we broke our word. The one thing they said, you cannot put it in Ukraine. (54:34–54:42)
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Asserts that the U.S. promised Russia not to expand NATO eastward in 1992.
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