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As there is talk that the Putin-Zelensky meeting could be held in Budapest, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has warned that Ukraine has the "Budapest mistake" fresh in its memory, referring to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
That year, Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal, inherited from the Soviet Union, in exchange for security guarantees from Russia and several other powers. However, these guarantees did not prevent Russia from annexing Crimea in 2014 and launching an invasion in 2022.
Yermak made these comments after meetings with national security advisers from several countries, including Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Finland, held after a key meeting in Washington on Monday.
"Our teams, mainly military ones, have already begun active work on the military component of ensuring security," Yermak said.
He added that a procedure is also being developed for the necessary actions in case the Russian side continues to drag out the war and obstruct the agreement on the bilateral and trilateral formats of the leaders' meeting.
This warning clearly shows that Ukraine seeks to avoid repeating historical mistakes and provide real support for the defense of its sovereignty.
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