Whilst it's a normal threat from Putin suggesting aggression from NATO or Ukraine to qualify its own unwarranted aggression. It's getting close to breaking another of the Budapest Memorandums no. 4 or has that broken it? NATO countries will of course be avoiding being drawn into Ukraine's actual fighting. But where does it stop? Putin continues to push and is obviously seeing NATO's reluctance to do anything as a sign of weakness. How long is his bullying allowed to continue?
4. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used;
That doesn't mean if Nuclear weapons are used it means if they are threatened.
Russia has already broken No1 & No2
1. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine;
2. The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;
To reiterate How long is Putin's bullying allowed to continue?
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