Good Lord, Ukraine had the 3rd largest nuke arsenal in the world and disarmed...
If you are not even aware of the repeated security assurances, then you need to spend about, oh, say, 50 hours of research (with no biases in place beforehand) on Ukraine. Then come back and make an informed comment.
Ukraine certainly did get a raw deal, and there is little question now about their willingness to fight and fight hard. I’d take them over a lot of other current NATO members.
Bill Clinton made them an offer they couldn't refuse.
I’ve been made aware of them, recently althou im not sure if I feel they were made in good Faith. I am not now nor have I ever been a proponent of nuclear disarmament. The Genies is out of the bottle, we need to learn to deal with that. To that end I’m not yet sure if I’m incline to back up such assurances.
The only thing i’m certain of is that they were in fact just ‘promises’ made by an otherwise faithless Washington, so i really don’t think their worth the paper their written on anyway. Only a treaty ratified by Congress is binding.