[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Exactly. Russia made a written, unambiguous promise that "Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and existing borders shall be respected" as a condition for Ukraine giving up its nukes in 1994. Putin just threw that out the window when he decided to invade Crimea in 2014, and completely torched it with this current invasion.

Ukraine would be foolish to trust any Russian promise to respect Ukrainian territory in the future.

[Kevmo]

We signed that Budapest Agreement, “assuring” their borders and sovereignty.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts

Now we’re selling them down the river as if it was never binding in the first place.

No one should ever trust the US.