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  • I did read up on the Budapest Memorandum and what you stated is FALSE. That document states that Ukraine (along with Belarus and Kazakhstan) are now parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The US, UK, and Russia have agreed to:

    • Respect the signatory’s independence and sovereignty in the existing borders
    • Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense
    • Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty
    • Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they “should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used”
    • Not to use nuclear weapons against any non–nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves
    • Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments

    There is nowhere in this Memorandum that states that the US is obligated to render aid or defend the Ukraine. So when you stated:

    The US already ignored it a couple of times actually.

    Explain. How did the US ignore the Memorandum (that is not a treaty)? What incidents were they and when did they occur?