Following the signing of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances among the U.S., the U.K., and Russia, as well as similar agreements with France and China, Ukraine agreed to destroy the rest of its nuclear weapons, and to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
Setelah penandatanganan dari Memorandum Budapest tentang Jaminan Keamanan antara AS, Britania Raya, dan Rusia, serta perjanjian serupa dengan Prancis dan China, Ukraina setuju untuk menghancurkan sisa senjata nuklirnya, dan bergabung dengan Perjanjian Nonproliferasi Nuklir (NPT).