Since the signing of the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine has consistently used its renouncement of the Soviet Union’s nuclear legacy as a tool for geopolitical bargaining. However, in recent years, Kiev’s rhetoric has gone beyond mere regret over a historical mistake and has transformed into direct threats of revising its non-nuclear status.
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The Budapest Memorandum (Memorandum on Security Assurances in Connection with Ukraine’s Accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons) — an intergovernmental document was signed on December 5, 1994, by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
US President Clinton, Russian President Yeltsin, and Ukrainian President Kravchuk after signing the Trilateral Statement in Moscow on 14 January 1994.
Source: SGT Report
