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I heard that there are a lot of nukes in Ukraine and the last thing the world wants is those split off into separate hands. I would harbor a guess that the US
by steven2012 13y ago
I heard that there are a lot of nukes in Ukraine and the last thing the world wants is those split off into separate hands. I would harbor a guess that the US would rather have those nukes in the hands of Russia, who is a known evil but rational, vs someone else entirely new.
I read on Stratfor that Russia does not want Ukraine to become independent because it's basically the "soft underbelly" leading into Russia. It's basically the equivalent of letting Texas become independent. With Putin in control, there's no way he's letting Ukraine go free, especially given all the nukes, its strategic location, etc.
- IgorPartola 13y agoYou heard wrong: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine. There are no nukes in Ukraine.
- hodgesmr 13y agoUhm, Ukraine is an independent, sovereign country. Comparing Ukraine to Texas makes no sense.
- egao1980 13y agoSome Texans wouldn't agree with you :)
- stargazer-3 13y agoUkraine has no nukes. They were disarmed in exchange for security assurances from both Russia and USA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine
- adobriyan 13y agoNukes were transferred from soviet republics to Russia exactly because western world didn't trust newly founded random goverments.
- kenster07 13y agoI'm curious as to what you mean when you say Russia is a "known evil." Are you alluding to real life? Movies? The Cold War? It would seem that true rationality and evil have little to do with one another.
- GrahamsNumber 13y ago'Murica
- a235 13y agoUkrainian here. Ukraine gave up on its nukes in nineties in exchange for military guarantees from US, NATO and Russia. No warheads, no enriched uranium (has been given away by the current president in exchange of nice handshakes with US at the beginning of his term). Russian leaders are trying to restore its Soviet era, where Ukraine used to be the second most populated country after Russia itself. Clearly, this is a big deal for them. Location wise is not that important, all Baltic countries are way closer to Moscow.
- Tuna-Fish 13y ago> I heard that there are a lot of nukes in Ukraine You should re-evaluate how you acquire information and which sources do you trust. You could have found out that this is not true by spending 10 seconds looking it up. Ukraine had nukes, but gave them back to Russia due to US and Russian influence. How many other things do you believe that are flatly not true?
- rdl 13y agoTechnically there may be some Russian nuclear weapons in the Russian naval base on the Black Sea, which is leased from Ukraine, but they would be under Russian control.
- Igor_TN 13y agoAll nukes went from Ukraine to Russia (same in other former Soviet republics) after the Soviet Union broke apart. It all was regulated by proper treaties. You should not listen to rumors. Regarding your next statement, Russia is not interfering in what is happening in Ukraine AT ALL. As opposed to EU and US who send their emissaries to Ukraine very often. The only "interference" from Russia is giving to Ukraine a huge credit and pushing down the gas prices which I guess is more help than interference. Also, this is not about Putin or anybody else. Most of Ukraine is culturally and historically extremely close to Russia. They are pretty much the same people. This may not be true regarding a couple of the most Western regions of the country. Those guys, I believe, have their full right on "independence" but that effectively would mean the split of the country which is the hardest thing to do. Please be careful with selectively picked information. It's not constructive and not helpful.
- choonkeymoonkey 13y agoYou say that, as if "beeing historically close to Russia" is a good thing. Let's review: systematic prohibition of Ukrainian literature and theatre during Tsarist Russia, the famine genocide in the early 20th century, Ukraine bearing the bulk of the damage during the Nazi occupation, just to name a few. Oh, THANK YOU, Russia! Could we please have some more exploitation?
- dmytrish 13y agoThere are multiple rumors about Russian forces disguised as Berkut, there are some evidences about Russian snipers here, there are videos of some military forces of non-Ukrainian origin in Southern Ukraine, etc. I don't give this full credibility (usual rumors in time of unrest, perhaps), but still there's no smoke without fire.
- steven2012 13y agoWhoops, I guess I heard wrong about the nukes in Ukraine. Thanks for the information!