I commented on this a while back (before things got kinetic) regarding the puzzling framing [by Western leaders and media] of the late December treaty proposals

I commented on this a while back (before things got kinetic) regarding the puzzling framing [by Western leaders and media] of the late December treaty proposals (to US and NATO respectively) published in English by Kremlin. At the time, I assumed the media was directed to focus on Ukraine to allow so-called off-ramps to Putin (so he can save face). You can trivially find these treaties on the net if you search for them. Today Lavrov again repeated the RF's demands for removal of US's nuclear weapons from Europe. (And yes, I too believe we are not privy to what has transpired in the past few months, if not past year between the various powers. And there is no way short of collective madness in Russian leadership that this "operation" will be limited to Ukraine.)