The U.S. and NATO made Russia a promise not to expand and the did it anyway. The could in 2014 wasn’t voluntary as anyone who went through the 2020 election knows from experience.
Keep making excuses for your new leftist masters and their war of distraction and profit.
Nice talking points, there was no promise
And the “could” in 2014, well if I buy your premise(which I don’t). What good for the goose is good for the gander.
You act as if Russia/ Soviet Union were these innocent naive folks minding their own business and not interfering in countries all around the world. In the past and now