Rigby5
Diamond Member
Putin is saying that it is intolerable to him and a threat to Russian security that the people of former soviet states should make decisions based on what is best for them rather than what is best for Russia. That is the one and only reason Russia has invaded Ukraine.
The Ukraine agreed to NEVER join any alliance hostile to Russia, when they were granted independence from the Soviet Union in 1992.
This treaty violation is a deliberate act of war by the Ukraine.