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TexasTowelie

(116,744 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2024, 09:02 PM Oct 19

Is Ukraine About to Get Nuclear Weapons Again? - Paul Warburg

Let's talk about Ukrainian nukes. Specifically, will Ukraine ever pursue a nuclear capability again? In this episode there's also some Cold War history, and some lessons learned that helped lead to the War in Ukraine.

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Is Ukraine About to Get Nuclear Weapons Again? - Paul Warburg (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 19 OP

I mean, technically the Budapest Memorandum is moot at this point. tornado34jh Oct 19 #1

tornado34jh

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1. I mean, technically the Budapest Memorandum is moot at this point.

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Sat Oct 19, 2024, 09:26 PM

Oct 19

While personally I would prefer no country has nuclear weapons to be honest, the whole point of the Budapest Memorandum was that Ukraine would give up its nuclear weapons for security. But that clearly didn't work since Russia invaded Ukraine. So it becomes a question of why Ukraine shouldn't have nuclear weapons,

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