Admiral Bauer: The 'red lines' Putin was always talking about were never actually red lines. He was bluffing.

Back then, number of NATO leaders were very worried that giving certain types of weapons to Ukraine might lead to escalation of the conflict.

Whenever we discussed providing Ukraine with tanks, HIMARS, F-16s, or ATACMS, Russians would say, “This is red line.”

Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social)

Admiral Bauer: The 'red lines' Putin was always talking about were never actually red lines. He was bluffing. Back then, number of NATO leaders were very worried that giving certain types of weapons to Ukraine might lead to escalation of the conflict.

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