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> but somebody has to be in control and responsible for this site to ensure, among other things, no terrorists make off with radioactive material Please… Russi

> but somebody has to be in control and responsible for this site to ensure, among other things, no terrorists make off with radioactive material Please… Russians will just use it for their propaganda as a support to the claim that Ukraine was working on nuclear weapons.

bragr 5y ago
That would be an awkward claim considering Ukraine _had_ nuclear weapons and gave them up to Russia in the 90s for guarantees about Ukraine's territorial integrity. Obviously that didn't work so well for Ukraine now
- cypherpunks01 5y ago
  I believe they were destroyed, not given over to Russia?
  - Thorrez 5y ago
    Hmm, various websites disagree. I would guess some were given to Russia and some were destroyed with the uranium being kept for other purposes. Gave to Russia: > Ukraine handed all its nuclear weapons to Russia https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraines-nuclear-lesson-with-russia-written-guarantees-can-be-worth-little/ https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraines-nuclear-lesson-with... > Ukraine have acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as non-nuclear states and are now transferring Soviet missiles and warheads to Russia for dismantlement on a strict schedule. https://www.stimson.org/1995/politics-nuclear-renunciation-cases-belarus-kazakhstan-and-ukraine/ https://www.stimson.org/1995/politics-nuclear-renunciation-c... >The former Soviet Republics where nuclear weapons had been based, namely Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan, transferred those weapons to Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferatio... > effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit... > In May 1996, Ukraine saw the last of its nuclear arms transported back to Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/science/ukraine-nuclear-weapons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/science/ukraine-nuclear-w... > Ukraine transferred its last 40 nuclear warheads to Russia > Most tactical nuclear weapons were transferred from Ukraine to Russia. https://www.rferl.org/a/the-destruction-of-ukraines-nuclear-arsenal/29699706.html https://www.rferl.org/a/the-destruction-of-ukraines-nuclear-... > All nuclear weapons were removed to Russia https://www.nti.org/countries/ukraine/ https://www.nti.org/countries/ukraine/ Destroyed: > Ukraine gave up a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons left over by the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, and used the fuel from its blended-down warheads to drive its nuclear power plants. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/us/politics/putin-ukraine-nuclear-weapons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/us/politics/putin-ukraine... > In 1994 Ukraine agreed to destroy the weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine > Ukrainian workers cut an air-to-ground X-22 cruise missile into pieces https://www.rferl.org/a/the-destruction-of-ukraines-nuclear-arsenal/29699706.html https://www.rferl.org/a/the-destruction-of-ukraines-nuclear-... > they had to destroy all of their nuclear weapons. https://historyofyesterday.com/did-ukraine-actually-get-rid-of-all-its-nuclear-weapons-2cd43037ed8 https://historyofyesterday.com/did-ukraine-actually-get-rid-...
- csee 5y ago
  They weren't activated nukes fyi
- rad_gruchalski 5y ago
  Awkward? That’s what Putin said before invasion. WMD and nuclear weapons.

bragr 5y ago

That would be an awkward claim considering Ukraine _had_ nuclear weapons and gave them up to Russia in the 90s for guarantees about Ukraine's territorial integrity. Obviously that didn't work so well for Ukraine now

cypherpunks01 5y ago
I believe they were destroyed, not given over to Russia?
- Thorrez 5y ago
  Hmm, various websites disagree. I would guess some were given to Russia and some were destroyed with the uranium being kept for other purposes. Gave to Russia: > Ukraine handed all its nuclear weapons to Russia https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraines-nuclear-lesson-with-russia-written-guarantees-can-be-worth-little/ https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraines-nuclear-lesson-with... > Ukraine have acceded to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as non-nuclear states and are now transferring Soviet missiles and warheads to Russia for dismantlement on a strict schedule. https://www.stimson.org/1995/politics-nuclear-renunciation-cases-belarus-kazakhstan-and-ukraine/ https://www.stimson.org/1995/politics-nuclear-renunciation-c... >The former Soviet Republics where nuclear weapons had been based, namely Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan, transferred those weapons to Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferatio... > effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit... > In May 1996, Ukraine saw the last of its nuclear arms transported back to Russia. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/science/ukraine-nuclear-weapons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/science/ukraine-nuclear-w... > Ukraine transferred its last 40 nuclear warheads to Russia > Most tactical nuclear weapons were transferred from Ukraine to Russia. https://www.rferl.org/a/the-destruction-of-ukraines-nuclear-arsenal/29699706.html https://www.rferl.org/a/the-destruction-of-ukraines-nuclear-... > All nuclear weapons were removed to Russia https://www.nti.org/countries/ukraine/ https://www.nti.org/countries/ukraine/ Destroyed: > Ukraine gave up a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons left over by the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, and used the fuel from its blended-down warheads to drive its nuclear power plants. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/us/politics/putin-ukraine-nuclear-weapons.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/23/us/politics/putin-ukraine... > In 1994 Ukraine agreed to destroy the weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine > Ukrainian workers cut an air-to-ground X-22 cruise missile into pieces https://www.rferl.org/a/the-destruction-of-ukraines-nuclear-arsenal/29699706.html https://www.rferl.org/a/the-destruction-of-ukraines-nuclear-... > they had to destroy all of their nuclear weapons. https://historyofyesterday.com/did-ukraine-actually-get-rid-of-all-its-nuclear-weapons-2cd43037ed8 https://historyofyesterday.com/did-ukraine-actually-get-rid-...
csee 5y ago
They weren't activated nukes fyi
rad_gruchalski 5y ago
Awkward? That’s what Putin said before invasion. WMD and nuclear weapons.