The Budapest Memorandum did not say that. There is a lot of squishy talk around the Internet about what the agreement did and did not say, so I suggest simply r

The Budapest Memorandum did not say that. There is a lot of squishy talk around the Internet about what the agreement did and did not say, so I suggest simply reading the memorandum for yourself. It's short and pretty easily understood. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312052208/http://www.cfr.org/nonproliferation-arms-control-and-disarmament/budapest-memorandums-security-assurances-1994/p32484 https://web.archive.org/web/20170312052208/http://www.cfr.or... Edit: This piece from Brookings seems pretty useful and (as far as I know) accurate, as well. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/12/05/why-care-about-ukraine-and-the-budapest-memorandum/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/12/05/w...