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A reminder that Ukraine was once the third largest nuclear power in the world and voluntarily gave up those weapons. In exchange, the U.S., the U.K. and Russia guaranteed Ukraine's security in a 1994 agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum.
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Why Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons — and what that means in an invasion by Russia
Three decades ago, the newly independent country of Ukraine was briefly the third-largest nuclear power in the world. A lot has changed since then.
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March 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A reminder that Ukraine was once the third largest nuclear power in the world and voluntarily gave up those weapons. In exchange, the U.S., the U.K. and Russia guaranteed Ukraine's security in a 1994 agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum.
www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1...
www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1...
Hello (Bluesky) world. Here's hoping this will be a better Twitter than Twitter.
November 30, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Hello (Bluesky) world. Here's hoping this will be a better Twitter than Twitter.