Putin aims to achieve a reduction of NATO to the borders of 1997 during the negotiations on Ukraine: this means the withdrawal of the allied troops from Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland. The Telegraph is right. Or did anyone think that Putin's position and goals have changed since December 2021? No, they haven't changed. And whoever thinks that everything depends on Donbass is an idiot. By the way, I know one such idiot: Marco Rubio.