[Timber Rattler]

Russia even signed a treaty to recognizing Ukrainian independence on December 8, 1991, called the Belovezh Accords.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks.

That should have occurred to me. I haven’t addressed it
before, but easily could have here due to the subject matter.

Good point.

I wasn’t aware of the actual accord name. Appreciate the
mention.

[DesertRhino]

Those accords ended with the coup. The government that signed them was overthrown in a violent coup. If you murder a guy, you don’t get to take over his civil contracts, accounts and screw his wife.

Those accords are a dead letter.