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No, Ukraine joining goes back at least to 2008 and George W. Bush's overconfidence. Russian aggression started in 2014. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bu
by herewulf 2y ago
No, Ukraine joining goes back at least to 2008 and George W. Bush's overconfidence. Russian aggression started in 2014.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bucharest_summit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Bucharest_summit
Note that Georgia joining was also on the table. Several months after this summit Russia trounced Georgia in a few days and since then there has been no serious movement towards joining NATO.
Russia likely expected the same outcome in Ukraine but as we know now that didn't materialize.