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Originally Posted by Pointman
USA, UK and Russia had a treaty with Ukraine about security guarantees in return for Ukraine surrendering its nuclear weapons. Russia has sure breached it, but my understanding is that USA and UK were supposed to help Ukraine more:
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There was no mutual defense guarantee in that agreement like there is with NATO; it was more of a non-aggression pact:
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- Respect Belarusian, Kazakh and Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders.
- Refrain from the threat or the use of force against Belarus, Kazakhstan or Ukraine.
- Refrain from using economic pressure on Belarus, Kazakhstan or Ukraine to influence their politics.
- Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to Belarus, Kazakhstan or Ukraine 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".
- Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Belarus, Kazakhstan or Ukraine.
- Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.
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So Russia obviously broke their obligations, but nothing in there requires other countries to enter a war in defense of Ukraine.