FIRST:
Budapest Memorandum reinforced obligations that all of the signatories had already legally agreed upon by signing the UN Charter!!!
SECOND:
BUDAPEST MEMORANDIUM NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): Is an international treaty shared now currently with 189 member states to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. The treaty has three main pillars: nonproliferation, disarmament, and the right to peacefully use nuclear technology.
THIRDLY:
The Memorandum promised signatories respect for the independence, sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine and refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine.
[BTW: Between 1946 and 1999, the United States completed nearly 16,000 international agreements. Only 912 of those agreements were treaties, submitted to the Senate for approval as outlined in Article II of the United States Constitution.
Since the Franklin Roosevelt presidency, only 6% of international accords have been completed as Article II treaties. Most of these executive agreements consist of congressional-executive agreements.]
Lets be clear...the real purpose of the Budapest memorandum was to keep nuclear weapons off the black market, as the Ukrainian kleptocrats were selling everything that wasn't nailed down to the highest bidder.
Beyond that, the West has spent billions interfering in the domestic politics of Ukraine in direct violation of the memorandum...so stop pretending the West has 'clean hands' when it comes to the Bucharest Memrandum which is NOT a treaty and does NOT obligate the United State to defend Ukraine.