[simon1ltd]

Ukraine was guaranteed protection of its then current borders by the US, Russia, and the EU nations if it agreed to give up it's nuclear weapons.

A quick google gave me this as a top result: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1082124528/ukraine-russia-put...

We should have given them this support when Russia took crimea, but didn't. The least we can do now is follow through on our agreement.

(Plus all of the other reasons in this thread -- there are fantastic reasons for the western nations to support Ukraine's defense separate from those I'm referring to here)

[vorpalhex]

That is not what anyone agreed to. You can read the "The US-Russia-Ukraine Trilateral Statement and Annex" of 1994 yourself:

https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/deterrence...

[_kbh_]

> That is not what anyone agreed to. You can read the "The US-Russia-Ukraine Trilateral Statement and Annex" of 1994 yourself:

That is absolutely what was agreed to, you can read the Budapest memorandum right here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

Specifically the US, UK and Russia agreed to.

> 1. Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders.[7]

> 2. Refrain from the threat or the use of force against the signatory.

> 3. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by the signatory 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".

> 5. Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against the signatory.

> 6. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.[8][9]

In this. case the "signatory" is Ukraine.