William Taylor, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine?from 2006-2009, delivered a solemn warning Monday on Newsmax: The U.S., as well as Western allies, have failed on a moral and honorable commitment to Ukraine, raising urgent questions about responsibility and security.

“Absolutely, we have an obligation, and we have walked away from that obligation,” Taylor told “The Record With Greta Van Susteren,” referring to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, a pact under which Ukraine relinquished its nuclear arsenal in exchange for assurances from the U.S., United Kingdom – and Russia – to respect its sovereignty.

He underscored that Ukraine did not forget that compact, though many signatory states – Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine also signed on, with separate assurances from China and France – effectively have.

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