they goaded by saying they were going to add Ukraine to NATO
but they had no intention
Putin was stupid to take the bait
He could have threatened his own sanctions, ie oil, if they tried which they had no intention of doing anyway
Zelensky said they were giving public speechs about Ukraine in NATO but privately they told him no way
“they goaded by saying they were going to add Ukraine to NATO...but they had no intention...Putin was stupid to take the bait”
I don’t think Putin considers himself a mind-reader.