The only one lacking reading comprehension here are you, if you want to go down the path of personal insults.

"Verbal statements" and "in the general direction" is an unconvincing attempt to turn history on its head.

Many things were said as the USSR was falling apart, but no-one from the Soviet side has ever elevated them to the level of an agreement that countries should abide by. Hence why Russia didn't protest when former Warsaw Pact countries joined NATO.

The narrative appeared 17 years later when Putin started looking for ways to isolate Georgia prior to invasion.