Ukraine's Nuclear Surrender The Decision That Changed History #shorts

Ukraine's Nuclear Surrender The Decision That Changed History

34 years ago, Ukraine made a terrible mistake that we will never forget. If Ukraine had never made this mistake, Russia would have thought a million times before attacking it now. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Ukraine suddenly found itself as the world's third-largest nuclear power - with nearly 1,900 nuclear warheads on its soil. After the United States and Russia.

But the global superpowers weren't comfortable with this new nuclear nation. They wanted to keep these devastating weapons in fewer hands. In 1994, the US, Britain, and Russia made a deal with Ukraine: give up your nuclear weapons, and we promise to protect you.

Ukraine accepted and they handed over their entire nuclear arsenal to Russia, along with Kazakhstan and Belarus who did the same. But the answer seems clear now, as the United States hesitates to fully defend a nuclear-free Ukraine.

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