The Obozrevatel of June 30 shares the following post in X by Heorhii Tykhyi, speaker of the Ukrainian foreign ministry:
"Russian lies about NATO enlargement as the “reason” for its aggression against Ukraine don’t hold water. Especially when confronted with Putin’s own words from 2004. The Kremlin archives expose the hypocrisy.
April 8, 2004. Putin welcomes NATO Secretary-General to Moscow, declaring: “Every country has the right to choose the option that it considers most effective for ensuring its own security.” He also hoped NATO enlargement would “strengthen trust in Europe and all over the world.”"
Fast forward to today, and the same Putin speaks of Russia being "deceived" by NATO enlargement, which presumably poses a "threat" to Russia.
Putin is a pathological liar attempting to rewrite history and justify his imperial war of conquest.
Russia's favourite propaganda fairytale about NATO's 1990 "pledges" to Moscow not to move eastward has also been debunked numerous times, including by Gorbachev, the Soviet leader at the time.
The truth is crystal clear: NATO enlargement has never posed a real threat to Russia. It only denied Moscow the ability to conquer sovereign European nations. This is what Putin is really protesting.
This has always been the driving force behind Central and Eastern European countries' desire to join NATO. To protect their children from Russia's war and attempts at colonial domination.
Keep this in mind next time you hear Putin or anyone else talking about Russia being “provoked” to attack its neighbours by NATO."
And he adds a screenshot from 2004, with Putin's friendly address to the then-Secretary General of NATO:
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