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I dare to claim that this would work out pretty well for Ukraine if they hadn't give away their nuclear weapons [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest
by durnygbur 5y ago
I dare to claim that this would work out pretty well for Ukraine if they hadn't give away their nuclear weapons [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit...
- caskstrength 5y agoActually, nuclear weapons were too costly for Ukraine to afford during the nineties and were unfit to deter Russia (they were long range and could only threaten Russian far east), so threat of nuking Moscow was never viable deterrence even if we ignore the economical aspect.