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Membership vital to ‘victory plan’, Volodymyr Zelensky tells EU summit, as he warns of need for powerful deterrent against Russia

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

If I recall correctly, the reason Ukraine got rid of their previous nukes was an agreement with Russia. Essentially remove your nukes or face annexation by Russia... And yet here we are, unsurprisingly to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

There were nukes in Ukraine. This is not the same as Ukraine having nukes. They couldn't control, and worse, couldn't maintain the nuclear weapons that the Soviet Union left behind.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

couldn't maintain the nuclear weapons that the Soviet Union left behind.

Not sure Russia has either. They certainly haven't maintained the rest of the Societ military infrastructure that was left in Russia.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Right. Not something we knew 30 years ago, though.

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