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This could be a good place to Post a reminder that in 1995, Ukraine agreed to hand over all its nuclear weapons to Russia in return of a promise to not threate
by fifilura 3y ago
This could be a good place to
Post a reminder that in 1995, Ukraine agreed to hand over all its nuclear weapons to Russia in return of a promise to not threaten or use military force against Ukraine.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum
- chasd00 3y agoUkraine had the weapons but no means to use them. Russia had the keys.
- FartinMowler 3y agoThen why did Russia feel the need to enter into the agreement if holding the keys was sufficient?
- orbital-decay 3y agoMaybe because these were radically different times, and the "we've always been at war with X or Y" is just a narrative? No, of course not, what a nonsense.
- Paradigma11 3y agoSure, the Ukrainians would have needed some months to refit those weapons.