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"NATO told Russia they won't accept applications from its neighbors. They broke that promise."
I see that many in here are victims of Russian propaganda.
Such a promise has never been given. A detailed review of the subject can be seen here:
propastop.org - Narrative x ray did NATO promise russia not to expand eastwardsIm a nutshell:
“Russia has been quite successful in selling the narrative that in exchange for accepting German unification through the 2+4 agreement, they were promised that NATO would not expand. ...
... whatever promises were negotiated with the USSR in 1990, the stark fact is that Russia accepted NATO expansion with detailed conditions and in writing when it signed the NATO-Russia Founding Act in 1997. In fact, the USSR had already signed the Paris Charter in November 1990, with which it was obliged to ‘fully recognize the freedom of countries to choose their own security arrangements’."
There is, however, one promise that was clearly broken by Russia: not to threaten Ukraine's sovereignty - a promise given in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear arsenal.
See here:
en.wikipedia.org - Budapest Memorandum 