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No, they promised to respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty. You literally linked it.

• Thorrez 5y ago
  There are 6 things on the list. This one is the closest to promising to defend Ukraine: >Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine 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". I don't know exactly what "Seek immediate Security Council action" means. What if the US seeks it and doesn't find it? Is that in compliance with the memorandum?
  • htfu 5y ago
    They did. Guess what happened? Vetoed by Russia.
    • rurban 5y ago
      Such vetoes are invalid when the veto state is directly involved into the conflict.
      • nradov 5y ago
        While that is technically correct based on the UN Charter, it's meaningless in practice. None of the permanent Security Council members are willing to take direct action on this issue.
• rurban 5y ago
  # 1 Respect Belarusian, Kazakh and Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders. #2 Refrain from the threat or the use of force against Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Both violated in the Krimean annexion 2014. Since Russia could easily violate this treaty, they could easily invade Ukraine now. And they got no weapons from signatories, only a few from the Baltics. Treaties with these signatories are not worth the paper, otherwise Ukraine would have kept the nukes, and would have somehow got the codes also eventually.