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EvangelineOfSky t1_j0mt6jd wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deal reached for new non-Russian power source for Europe by LieutJimDangle

You realize Australia has been a NATO partner and defacto member since the 50s right?

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cboel t1_j0mvzj3 wrote

The poster is likely Kiwi and not aware of why Russia felt it could attack and invade Ukraine.

>The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Convention Center with US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance, prohibited the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations." As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons.
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>src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

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EvangelineOfSky t1_j0mwc9w wrote

Technically, Russia broke that in the mid 2004s following the orange revolution

It's actually one of the things that soured Russian NATO relations

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cboel t1_j0n593g wrote

I know and they have broken it more than once in Ukraine.

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