Peskov told national television that Moscow remembers broken promises not to expand the Atlantic Alliance’s reach into Eastern Europe.

The presidential spokesperson stated, “That was during the era of last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Russia’s first President, Boris Yeltsin. Subsequently, NATO expanded eastward in five or six waves. Therefore, these words, so important to us, must be backed by actions that document NATO’s non-expansion.”

Meanwhile, the senior official addressed the Europeans’ desire to participate in negotiations on Ukraine, pointing to their contradictory actions.

“On one hand, they are making every verbal effort to show

a desire for peace; yet, at the same time, on the first day of talks in Abu Dhabi, they are announcing that they are preparing a contingent for deployment in Ukraine.”

Peskov added that this would mean continuing the war, on an even larger scale.

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