Russia didn’t attack any NATO country.
Russia didn’t attack any NATO country.
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Russia committed a major violation though... :
It violated its own signature of the Budapest Memorandum (1994) which stated that Russia had to... :
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...Respect the signatory’s independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act).
2.
...Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine.
3.
...Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.
4.
...Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they “should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used”.
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...Not to use nuclear weapons against any non - nuclear-weapon state party 9Ukraine) to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
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...Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.
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Under the terms of the memorandum, Ukraine agreed to relinquish its nuclear arsenal – the world’s third-largest, inherited from the collapsed Soviet Union – and transfer all nuclear warheads to Russia for decommissioning. This enabled Ukraine to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear state.
In exchange for giving up its nuclear arsenal, Ukraine got politically binding security assurances to respect its independence and sovereignty by Russia, USA, France, UK which guaranteed its existing borders.