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To: Rarebird who wrote (3012)	2/24/2025 10:27:12 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6428

"This war could have easily been avoided" Sure; Ukraine could have kept its nukes instead of giving them up. Budapest Memorandum - Wikipedia The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances comprises three substantially identical political agreements signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994, to provide security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The three memoranda were originally signed by three nuclear powers: Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom. [1] China and France gave somewhat weaker individual assurances in separate documents. [2] The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Convention Center with U.S. Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance, [3] prohibited Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations." As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons. [4] [5]

To: Rarebird who wrote (3012)	2/24/2025 11:22:28 PM
From: S. maltophilia	2 Recommendations Recommended By onepath Wharf Rat Respond to of 6428

This war could have easily been avoided. Yes, Putin could have easily offered any ethnic Russian in Ukraine the modern equivalent of 40 acres and a mule to relocate to Russia. It would have saved many thousands of lives and billions worth of damage.