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To: Drago

Not really.

President Zelenskyy trusts the U.S.

“Why care about Ukraine and the Budapest Memorandum”
Brookings
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-care-about-ukraine-and-the-budapest-memorandum/

In the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, the United States, Russia, and Britain committed “to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine” and “to refrain from the threat or use of force” against the country.

Those assurances played a key role in persuading the Ukrainian government in Kyiv to give up what amounted to the world’s third largest nuclear arsenal, consisting of some 1,900 strategic nuclear warheads. Extending the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Assurances for Ukraine

Before agreeing to give up this nuclear arsenal, Kyiv sought three assurances:
1st- it wanted compensation for the value of the highly-enriched uranium in the nuclear warheads, which could be blended down for use as fuel for nuclear reactors. Russia agreed to provide that.

2nd- eliminating ICBMs, ICBM silos, and bombers did not come cheaply. With its economy rapidly contracting, the Ukrainian government could not afford the costs. The United States agreed to cover those costs with Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction assistance.

3rd- Ukraine wanted guarantees or assurances of its security once it got rid of the nuclear arms. The Budapest Memorandum provided security assurances.

Unfortunately, RUSSIA HAS BROKEN virtually all the commitments it undertook in that document. It used military force to seize, and then illegally annex, Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in early 2014. -excerpt


49 posted on 04/21/2024 4:13:58 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God 's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇸)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

CIA, Maidan, Obama-Bidens 10%, 2014:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/30/russia-ukraine-war-kiev-conflict

1949:

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/11/covert-operation-ukrainian-independence-haunts-cia-00029968

USA/NATO was/is a “provocateur” in this sad situation.


56 posted on 04/21/2024 7:20:04 AM PDT by Drago
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

>>>>President Zelenskyy trusts the U.S.<<<<

You ought to know.

You’ve been peddling propaganda for him for 2 years now.


64 posted on 04/21/2024 7:59:22 AM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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