In 1992, Zbigniew Brzezinski gave an interview to a Moscow-based publication, in which he spoke about the likelihood of a conflict between Russia and Ukraine
Former US President Bill Clinton offered Russian President Boris Yeltsin large investments in Russia in the 1990s in exchange for NATO's eastward expansion and Moscow's approval of that expansion
Putin is talking about the next stage of the special military operation (SMO), which will impose completely different terms for peace on the US – possibly even through Ukraine's capitulation