But the real hard thing for them was when NATO was going to expand into Ukraine and go back, the United States had a date certain withdrawal from Afghanistan of August 31, 2021. And On September 1 of 2021, the very next day, the Biden administration entered into a partnership agreement with Ukraine to support their membership not just in the European Union, but in NATO. So that's when you saw Putin start to move his forces more aggressively to the Ukrainian border. (09:11–09:24)
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Asserts that the Biden administration entered a partnership with Ukraine for EU and NATO membership on September 1, 2021.
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