Of course they were, arms deals, having US companies and person operating, as well as US economic interests in Ukraine IS a security guarantee. One that avoids the Russias red line of NATO expansion and article five type alliances.
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Well, you do not understand what security guarantee is either. What you talking about is support. Guarantee is exactly like nato article 5. actual deterrent from the future attack. Economic interest is as unrelated to security as it could be. Lets take an example of trumps economic interest in gaza. Thatās actual 180 from security in that case. Also, donāt be naive and think that putin wouldnāt attack america if he had a chance. So far he doesnāt but heās well on the way on achieving decades long plan of internal destabilizing usa. Also donāt forget that berings straight is 53 miles in itās narrowest. Sure, what does trum care if putin attacks alaska š