To better understand the context of the 1994 Budapest Agreement maybe you should start your analysis in 1991, when Ukraine declared its independence and the corrupt government immediately began selling off its military hardware to the highest bidder.
To better understand the context of the 1994 Budapest Agreement maybe you should start your analysis in 1991,
***Sounds reasonable. That’s about the time when other nation states like Estonia were trying to join NATO, etc.
when Ukraine declared its independence
***Good move. [Notice that Taiwan has never declared independence from China? I know, just a side note.] So, just to take the high view of things, Ukraine is a sovereign, independent nation and it was even affirmed in that useless Budapest Agreement.
and the corrupt government immediately began selling off its military hardware to the highest bidder.
***Well, golly gee gosh then it should be easy for you to show the paperwork. Especially the paperwork for the highest VALUE military hardware, the nukes. That paperwork is known as the Budapest Agreement and there’s no monetary bullshiite involved. Russia has a corrupt guvmint; the USA has a corrupt guvmint; Ukraine has a corrupt guvmint —> so does that mean that Russia now has the moral right to invade her other neighbor and take back land that was once Russian, a.k.a. Alaska?
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The obvious answer is not only NO but Frack NO. Just like the obvious answer to Ukraine invasion is NO and frack no.