FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 13 days agoThe correct response...media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up1667arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up1627arrow-down1imageThe correct response...media.piefed.socialFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square95linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·12 days agoNo it does not. Not even a little bit. The Budapest memorandum A) isn’t even a binding treaty. And B) only guarantees assurances from the US, UK, and Russia that they won’t invade Ukraine. There are absolutely ZERO provisions for the US giving military defense to Ukraine in the event they are invaded. The US and UK have upheld that. Neither have ever invaded Ukraine.
No it does not. Not even a little bit.
The Budapest memorandum A) isn’t even a binding treaty. And B) only guarantees assurances from the US, UK, and Russia that they won’t invade Ukraine.
There are absolutely ZERO provisions for the US giving military defense to Ukraine in the event they are invaded.
The US and UK have upheld that. Neither have ever invaded Ukraine.