I think it had a big effect right from the beginning. The President Putin again divorced from reality probably thought that the Ukrainians would not fight hard, he probably thought that Ukrainian -- well we know he thinks that the Ukrainian not really a nation don't really defend themselves.
William Taylor explains how Putin's misconceptions about Ukraine have affected the Russian military's performance.
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He used NATO expansion. Putin said that NATO expansion was what caused him to have to invade Ukraine. Well, he`s now saying actually, it`s no big deal. NATO expansion no big deal. That just shows the lies definitely that the NATO expansion…
What normal civilized nations do is accept responsibility and try to remedy, but not the Russians.
We`re going to support them -- we`re going to support the Ukrainians as they push the Russians out.
What’s at stake here is the security of Europe. What’s at stake here is a democracy fighting an autocracy. What’s at stake here is freedom that we care about.
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