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The statement looks technically correct. The closest obligation of the Budapest Memorandum to a collective defense is the stipulation to go to the UNSC should t
by user982 9y ago
The statement looks technically correct. The closest obligation of the Budapest Memorandum to a collective defense is the stipulation to go to the UNSC should the region "become a victim of an act of aggression". The US did so, fulfilling its part of the agreement, and the motion was of course instantly vetoed by Russia.
- mikeash 9y agoNote that the clause which says they must go to the UNSC only applies if Ukraine is victim of an act of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used, so even that clause doesn't apply.
- user982 9y agoThat's true. There seemed to be some ambiguity in the statement, but the full text of the memorandum makes clearer that that clause is solely in a nuclear context.