Why would Ukraine ever trust any promise from the US? They had the #3 stockpile of nuclear weapons, and gave them all up voluntarily (with the American Left dancing for joy and celebrating Clinton), in exchange for the promise that we would protect them if Russia ever invaded. It was called the Budapest Memorandum. Obama and Biden both turned their backs on that promise, as Russia invaded repeatedly.
No, they never did. They were always owned and controlled by Moscow. There was no Ukrainian missile force....ever. And we did not promise to protect them. There was no alliance or treaty. Just a memorandum.
Furthermore, two other fine points. The Ukraine that signed Budapest died in the coup of 2014. The government there in Kiev is an entirely different entity that was not a participant. Agreements with Germany all died when the Nazis launched the war.
Second, the other part is that nobody (including us) would interfere in Ukraine. We threw a coup in 2014, and a war. Budapest is a dead letter by over a decade.
“It was called the Budapest Memorandum. Obama and Biden both turned their backs on that promise”
That is exactly what it was, a worthless Bill Clinton promise. It was never submitted to the US Senate for ratification as even Clinton knew it would lose 100-0. Shame on you for trusting the word of Bill Clinton.