More than 25 years ago, Ukraine, which had the thrid largest nuclear weapon arsenal in the world was encouraged by Russsia, United Kingdom and the United States of America to give up the nuclear weapons in exchange for an agreement by Russia, UK and USA to never attack Ukraine or Ukriainian interests.

That agreement has now been betrayed by Russia.

Amid the ongoing Russian invasion in Ukraine, it is critical to dive deeper into the country’s backstory of betrayal.

Why should the United States care about Ukraine? Let’s dig in.

The short answer: U.S. officials promised Ukraine in the Budapest Memorandum 25 years ago that the U.S. would assist if Russia were ever to invade.

Indeed, the Budapest Memorandum of 1994 was when the U.S., Britain and Russia offered security assurances to Ukraine after the Soviet Union collapsed. Those assurances ultimately persuaded the Ukrainian government to give up the world’s third largest nuclear arsenal.

The countries said that Ukraine had committed to “eliminate all nuclear weapons from its territory within a specific period of time.” They pledged to “refrain from economic coercion” against Ukraine and to “seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine” in the event of an “act of aggression” against the country.

Eliminating the nuclear threat was a big deal for the United States because the nuclear weapons were ultimately designed, built and deployed to attack America during the Cold War. The 1,900 strategic nuclear warheads Ukraine possessed had enough power to destroy every U.S. city with a population of more than 50,000 three times.

Ukraine returned all of its nuclear weapons to Russia by 1996…and now we’re here.

Unfortunately, Russia broke essentially every commitment it made to Ukraine. This ongoing invasion isn’t the first time Putin went against his word. He first disregarded the Memorandum when he invaded Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014.

Since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, the United States has provided Ukraine with $3 billion in reform and military assistance and $3 billion in loan guarantees.

Many argue that since the U.S. didn’t ever invade Ukraine, it upheld its Memorandum commitments. However, U.S. officials told Ukrainian officials that if Russia were to ever invade, the U.S. would respond.

While the specifics were never hashed out, U.S. officials urged that there would be some kind of response.

Long story short, this is why Americans should care about what’s going on in Ukraine.

https://humanevents.com/2022/02/24/things-you-should-care-about-how-ukraine-was-betrayed-in-budapest-memorandum/?amp=1

Betrayed?

And million dollar military hardware’s getting to Ukraine?

Even Germany has bypassed constitution and started rolling-in military hardwares!

Where is the betrayal here?

The Ukrainians only allowed themselves to be fooled, they should have also asked those involved in the Agreement to give up their weapons.

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Betrayed?

And million dollar military hardware’s getting to Ukraine?

Even Germany has bypassed constitution and started rolling-in military hardwares!

Where is the betrayal here?

Leave these things to keep opening ignorant thread..I am still looking for the betrayal too..

Yes Ukraine made the mistake of believing in a piece of paper. The lesson is there for all this learn, when push come to shove always remember you can only depend on yourself.

Ukraine made that great mistake in 90s .