[Explanation] Ukraine gave up nuclear weapons 30 years ago… Now citizens ask why they did it
Image: All of Ukraine’s missile silos capable of carrying nuclear warheads have been deactivated A giant intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) peeks out from under a partially opened concrete and steel lid. But this missile is a replica. It’s cracked and moldy. For the past 30 years or so, the missile silo has been filled with rubble. The vast base near Pervomaisk in central Ukraine has been used as a museum for many years. Nearly three years after the start of Russia’s all-out invasion, and with no clear agreement among allies on how to guarantee post-war security, many Ukrainians believe the decision to give up nuclear weapons was a mistake. Thirty years ago, on December 5, 1994, in a ceremony in the Hungarian capital Budapest, Ukraine, along with Belarus and Kazakhstan, gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees from the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia. “I have pledged security guarantees to these three countries (Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan),” then-U.S. President Bill Clinton said in Budapest. “This underscores how much we attach importance to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of these three countries.” Looking back on nearly a decade of suffering at the hands of Russia and the international community’s apparent inability or unwillingness to prevent it, Suschenko has come to an inescapable conclusion. “Looking at what is happening in Ukraine right now, my personal view is that it would have been a mistake to completely destroy all nuclear weapons.” Suschenko says: For more details, see source bbc 2024/12/7.
>>1 I learned that agreements and treaties with a hegemonic power are meaningless. If it’s a nuclear-armed military power, it can do whatever it wants, and the surrounding countries will back off. Nuclear proliferation bans and nuclear abolition are castles in the sand.
I thought there was no way anyone would be stupid enough to attack a country that was home to Chernobyl, but apparently there were some idiots out there.
Even if politicians from 30 years ago were serious about keeping their promises, as decades pass, generations of politicians change and they become different people, it’s not surprising, sad as it is, that some politicians say they don’t know about the promises made back then and won’t keep them.
This was impossible, as poor Ukraine had no money to maintain it, and no technicians to manage it. In the first place, the nuclear weapons that Ukraine had at the time – that is, nuclear weapons made using technology from the former Soviet Union, now Russia – were simply deployed in Ukraine. Even if it wasn’t abandoned, it was impossible to maintain.
The world unanimously agreed to take it away because they don’t want Ukraine to have deteriorating nuclear warheads. We can’t allow a country controlled by the far-right Azov to have nuclear weapons.
Trump is encouraging each country to help themselves from an economic standpoint, so there is a possibility that Japan could possess nuclear weapons. The next question is how serious Japanese politicians are about this.
It’s okay to have no evidence, and those who don’t believe are just being labeled as crazy and incited. Look at actions, not words. Only believe in evidence.
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