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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-...

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-...