A spokesman for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the signatories of the Budapest Memorandum as a reason for Ukraine to be at war, citing their failure to suspend the end of the agreement. “They have signed their commitment to protect Ukraine, to provide security and safety,” Fedir Venislavsky, a spokesman for President Zelensky at Ukraine’s Constitutional Court, told Fox News. “Which means that when Ukraine abandoned its nuclear capabilities … Ukraine was confident that the other countries that have signed all these agreements would guarantee its territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty.” Explosions rocked the city of Lviv in western Ukraine on Saturday, March 26, 2022, near an oil depot. (Fox News) UKRAINE AND RUSSIA MAY USE “NON-CONVENTIONAL WAR” STRATEGIES, SAYS FORMER CIA OFFICER “Unfortunately, we are deeply saddened,” the signatories of the Budapest Memorandum and the Charter “failed” and “provided security for Ukraine” and “a war is being waged because of what is happening in our territory,” Venislavsky explained. In this image from the video provided by the Press Office of the Ukrainian President and posted on Facebook, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Press Office of the Ukrainian Presidential Press via AP) On Saturday, smoke rose over the city of Lviv in western Ukraine after several explosions were heard near an oil depot. Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar, President Zelensky called on the United Nations to do more to intervene in the conflict and help the Ukrainians. Explosions rocked the city of Lviv in western Ukraine on Saturday, March 26, 2022, near an oil depot. (Fox News) “The Budapest Memorandum” says that any country that signs it will guarantee the security and safety of Ukraine. And there is a charter for a special partnership between NATO and Ukraine and all the signatories, “Venislavsky added. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION “Innocent people are dying every day simply because we thought these countries would provide what they owed.” Front row from right, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Belgian Prime Minister Alexei Strauss-Kahn US leadership poses for a photo at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski, Pool via AP) Venislavsky said the failure to protect Ukraine would have lasting consequences. Fedir Venislavsky, Representative of President Zelenskyy in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (Fox News) “After the Ukraine case, I think there will be a lot of doubt in the world about the international obligations that are given in exchange for any concessions,” Venislavsky said.
