It's Batshit to in anyway justify the actions of Putin which is what you are doing.
You are coming out with the same nonsense that Corbyn and the Stop The War came out with a year ago.
Anyway Grenners why are you so shocked political parties promise to do things when in power shock?
It would be weird if not, pledges are not a new thing. If they start carving them into stone then people can be worried.