Does Ukraine Regret the 1994 Budapest Memorandum?
Los Angeles Times
Ukraine Agrees to Give Up Its Nuclear Arsenal, NATO endorses the U.S. ‘Partnership for Peace’ plan to broaden alliance.
The year is 1994, Bill Clinton is President of the U.S. and Russia holds fears about Ukraine (apparently).
In announcing both the Partnership for Peace plan and the trilateral agreement with the Ukraine and Russia, Clinton said, “we have taken two giant steps toward greater security for the United States.”
It would allay Russia’s fear of a hostile nuclear neighbour and answer concerns that Ukraine’s nuclear weapons could wind up in the hands of other…
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