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If you take into account their nuclear capability they obviously do.

• smcl 5y ago
  Ukraine thankfully haven’t had to defend themselves against Russian nuclear weapons though. But if you go down that road, it would’ve made no difference whether the EU gave them absolutely nothing, or even twice the amount of military aid they have already given. Use of nuclear weapons would have been catastrophic against Ukraine circa 2014 (poorly equipped), Ukraine circa 2022 (well equipped) and basically any non-nuclear country whether they're rich or poor.
  • mcv 5y ago
    It would have been even more catastrophic against a nuclear-capable country.
    • smcl 5y ago
      I guess we should be glad that the military aid was in the forms of anti-aircraft and anti-tank systems and such then
• mcv 5y ago
  It's not immediately obvious to me that Russian nukes are still in perfect working order. From what I understand, they require quite a bit of maintenance, and even the US had to relearn how to maintain their nuclear weapons at some point. It's not a chance I would want to take, but I think it's entirely possible that much of the Russian nuclear stockpile might not work anymore.
  • smcl 5y ago
    I wouldn't want to risk it but you're right that it's possible they weren't maintained properly from the fall of the USSR to today. I don't know exactly how fragile or picky the hardware is, but my guess would be that it takes a lot of care and effort (and therefore money) to do, in a country which probably had other priorities for much of the last 3 decades.
  • GekkePrutser 5y ago
    It doesn't even matter. Even if 10% works it's enough...