Moccus

Moccus t1_iwhpi1m wrote

Sucks that you're getting downvoted. You're completely correct.

The Budapest Memorandum isn't a very long agreement, either, so anybody here should have time to read it.

This is what the US, the UK, and Russia agreed to in the Budapest Memorandum:

  1. Respect Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and existing borders.
  2. Refrain from using force or threatening to use force against Ukraine except in self-defense or with the approval of the UN.
  3. Refrain from using economic coercion to undermine Ukraine's sovereignty.
  4. Seek assistance from the UN Security Council on Ukraine's behalf if anybody uses nukes or threatens to use nukes against Ukraine.
  5. Don't use nukes against Ukraine except in self-defense.

Nowhere is there any agreement to protect Ukraine, especially if they're only attacked in a conventional war. If they're attacked with nukes by Russia, then the US and the UK are supposed to go to the UN Security Council to ask for help, where Russia will promptly veto any proposed action, but that's the end of our obligations under the Budapest Memorandum.

Source: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf

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