The 2022 Russo-Ukranian conflict is an on-going conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
Tensions began in 2021 when the Brussels summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization reiterated that Ukraine would become aligned with NATO,[1] sparking outrage from Russian officials who considered the expansion of NATO a threat of their national security.[2] Russia began to build up troops closer to their borders, demanding that NATO stop its expansion towards Russia.[3]
In 1990, on a meeting between United States secretary of state James Baker and Mikhail Gorbachev, the US official guaranteed that "not an inch of NATO’s present military jurisdiction will spread in an eastern direction."[4]
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- ↑ “We reiterate the decision made at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance with the Membership Action Plan (MAP) as an integral part of the process; we reaffirm all elements of that decision, as well as subsequent decisions, including that each partner will be judged on its own merits.”
"Brussels Summit Communiqué" (2021-04-14). NATO. - ↑ “"After the collapse of the USSR, the security situation in Europe deteriorated sharply. Five ‘waves’ of NATO expansion have brought the Alliance States forces closer to our borders," [the Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov] stated.
"NATO is constantly building up its offensive potential, demonstrating military force along the perimeter of the Russian territory. [...]”
"NATO expansion one of main threats to Russia’s national security - ambassador" (2022-01-16). Russian News Agency TASS. Retrieved 2022-01-24. - ↑ "West promised not to expand NATO" (2022-02-18). RT.
- ↑ Svetlana Savranskaya & Tom Blanton (2017-12-12). "NATO expansion: what Gorbachev heard" National Security Archive.