Russia demanded that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization roll back almost a quarter-century of expansion by withdrawing forces from eastern Europe and halt further growth, an unprecedented challenge to the U.S. and its allies that could derail efforts to end a standoff over Ukraine.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-17/russia-demands-nato-return-to-1997-in-security-treaty-proposals
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Looks like many already forgot the Putin’s rhetorics right before the war started. And the one and only reasons why they did so - is because Russian army was stopped and then pushed back by the Ukrainians! Otherwise, those Putin sympathizers would now ask why would not Baltic states just join the new version of USSR and Poland, Czech republic, Bulgaria and many other countries once again become the Mother Russia’s vassals? After all - these «minor concessions» are all that is needed to live in peace and harmony with the bloody dictator.