{"id":1353471,"date":"2026-02-04T11:59:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/security-guarantees-from-the-us-how-zelenskyy-is-making-wishful-thinking-a-reality\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T06:08:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:08:54","slug":"security-guarantees-from-the-us-how-zelenskyy-is-making-wishful-thinking-a-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/security-guarantees-from-the-us-how-zelenskyy-is-making-wishful-thinking-a-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSecurity Guarantees\u201d from the US: Zelenskyy Turns Daydreams into Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Author’s Facebook<\/a> page<\/em><\/p>\n

Zelenskyy has already gained notoriety for his wasteful spending on PR while signing dozens of empty \u201csecurity agreements.\u201d In reality, these documents turned out to be toothless memoranda: there are photo ops and flashy headlines, but no legal guarantees\u2014no \u201cif attacked, the fire brigade will come.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

And now\u2014a new series. Zelenskyy solemnly declares that the US security guarantees are \u201c100% ready.\u201d\u00a0 The Washington Post writes about this (in the WP feed with a reference to the Associated Press): they say the document is ready, all that remains is to sign, and then there is also \u201cratification\u201d in Congress and in our country. It sounds as if tomorrow, NATO Article 5 will be addressed to Ukraine, with a seal, a ribbon, and a brass band.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s switch to \u201cread the fine print\u201d mode, because we\u2019ve already been \u201cprotected\u201d once by the Budapest Memorandum.
\nFirst. The Fifth Article of NATO is not just a nice phrase\u2014it is a mechanism: an attack on one is considered an attack on all, and specific actions follow. Specific!<\/strong> From everyone, as much as possible! Missiles from some, words of support from others. And yet, here we are, being sold the phrase \u201cguarantees\u201d without any clear obligation regarding what exactly the US would do if the Russian Federation strikes again<\/strong>. Air defense? Aviation? Troops? Automatic sanctions? Reaction time? Nothing is clear.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t