In an interview with a former reporter of Fox News, Putin specifically talked about the strategic deception of the United States and the West against Russia, which occurred before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the outbreak of the special military operation.
First of all, Putin directly pointed out the biggest deception of the United States and the West, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and the West promised that NATO would not expand eastward, but then the United States and the West broke their promises, and there were five waves of eastward expansion, Putin said that Russia has been patient and has been persuading: Don't be like this, we are now your own people, as you said, we are the bourgeoisie, we have a market economy, let's negotiate. For this reason, Yeltsin also made a trip to the United States, delivered a speech to Congress, and said that God bless the United States. However, the United States and Europe brazenly violated international law by bombing Yugoslavia, mercilessly piercing the window paper between Russia and the United States and the West, because Yugoslavia and Russia are relatively close nation-states and also believe in Orthodox culture. But the United States put this spirit out of the bottle, and when Russia expressed its opposition, the United States and the West said that the UN Charter and international law were outdated. How hegemonic this is, it is obvious that the balance of power has been broken, and the United States and the West no longer care about Russia's attitude. And Putin pointed out that at that time, the United States and the West began to pour dirty water on Russia's Yeltsin, saying that he was a drunkard, ignorant and incompetent, which showed that the United States and the West had abandoned Yeltsin and were ready to find a new and more obedient person.
Putin said that after he became the leader in 2000, he believed that the Yugoslav incident was a thing of the past and wanted to start a new relationship with the United States and the West, and during the talks with the United States and Clinton, he proposed that Russia join NATO, but Clinton refused.
Putin also said that he has repeatedly proposed to the United States not to support doctrine or terrorism in the North Caucasus, but the United States and the West continue to provide political, informational, financial, and military support to terrorist organizations in the Caucasus. For this reason, Putin once raised a question, and later received a reply from the CIA: their cooperation with the Russian opposition is correct and will continue to cooperate.
Regarding the deployment of anti-missile systems by the United States in Europe, Putin expressed resolute opposition and proposed that the United States, Russia, and Europe jointly build an anti-missile system, but the United States and the West did not agree, but unilaterally established an anti-missile system to exclude Russia, and Russia was forced to take countermeasures to create an advanced hypersonic strike system.
Regarding NATO's eastward expansion, at the Bucharus summit in 2008, it was discussed whether NATO's door should be open to Ukraine and Georgia, and Germany and France seemed to oppose it at that time, but then as soon as the United States Bush put pressure on them, they agreed. Putin laughed at them as ridiculous as children in kindergarten, without a little persistence and responsibility. Later, the leaders of Germany and France reassured Putin, saying that Ukraine would not join NATO, and Putin said that tomorrow the United States will put pressure on you, and you will agree again. After Ukraine's independence, it was originally a neutral country, but NATO wanted to open its door to him, and Putin thought it was a play by the United States and the West.
Also, in 2014, the Ukrainian opposition**, the United States demanded that Russia communicate with the Ukrainian former ** Yanukovych, not to use the army and police, but to deal with it along the path of political settlement. In addition, Germany, Poland and France acted as guarantors, and the opposition signed an agreement with Yanukovych, who agreed to hold it early**. However, the opposition, with the support of the CIA, suddenly launched a coup d'état, and carried out ** against those who opposed the coup, posed a threat to Crimea, waged war in the Donbass, used aircraft and artillery against civilians.
Putin said that after the signing of the Minsk agreement on the Donbas peace plan in 2014, Ukraine's leadership said it did not like anything in the agreement, and the former leaders of Germany and France bluntly said that they never intended to implement it. Putin believes that the Minsk agreements are another big deception to Russia, in order to delay time to prepare for war, because the United States and the West are providing military assistance to Ukraine. In the end, Putin believed that Russia had been pushed into a corner where it could no longer back down, and proposed to re-sign the agreement or the United States and the West to make assurances that NATO would not admit Ukraine to join, but the United States and the West firmly refused, and finally Russia launched a special military operation that has been extended for two years.
What is the real historical situation, we don't know, the above is what Putin said in an interview, can be used as a reference, I believe, time is the best proof, no matter what, the war is a continuation of politics, the Russian-Ukrainian war will end one day, I believe that human beings have the wisdom to resolve differences.