Jagdflieger
Contributor
Your "mini" excerpt doesn't really help your case - since it doesn't show the content and "most important" clauses.… I say it is simply absurd to claim that the decleration is a spark for a full scale invasion, for the stress is on the “international law” and “self-determination”…
Several following up treaties were signed by Ukraine and Russia
MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Letter dated 6 June 1997 from the Permanent Representatives of
the Russian Federation and the Ukraine to the United Nations
addressed to the Secretary-General
And try to pay special attention to Article 6.
Article 6.
Each High Contracting Party shall refrain from participating in, or supporting, any actions directed against the other High Contracting Party, and shall not conclude any treaties with third countries against the other Party. Neither Party shall allow its territory to be used to the detriment of the security of the other Party
Ukraine broke this treaty in 2006 by amending it's political manifest - declaring it's intention to access membership towards the EU and NATO
This was cancelled by Ukraine in 2010 and re-instituted in 2014 - leading to Putin's occupation of the Crimea and supporting the independence movements by e.g. Donbass Republic.
Due to non-conclusive diplomatic attempts on ALL sides, Putin decided on February 2022 to attack and occupy Ukraine.
It is and was absolutely clear that Russia would NEVER permit any of the CIS members (incl. Ukraine) to join NATO.
Today's territory of Ukraine has absolutely no historic foundation - not even if one wants to go all the way back to the Kievien Rus Federation. It simply took the borders of the Soviet-Republic of Ukraine (willfully designed by the Soviet Union) into possession via declaring independence ca. 6 month before the Alma-Alta-declaration.
In order to validate and to respect these borders amongst each other - Russia, Belarus and Ukraine founded CIS via the Alma-Ata-declaration that very well beholds the Article 6 and even clauses to command a joint military (independent of the nuclear weapon possession issue).