“In 1992, this country made a promise to Ukraine. We said if you return nuclear missiles that were part of the old Soviet Union to Russia, and they invade you, we will protect you.”
What PolitiFact found
The Budapest agreement signed in 1994 by Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom did not include an ironclad obligation for the U.S. to protect Ukraine if its borders were violated.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Chris Christie (GOP presidential candidate) made this claim around 8 November 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 November 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Chris Christie has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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