In 1996 Ukraine handed over nuclear weapons to Russia “in exchange for never to be invaded”
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Not only that, but I believe it was agreed that Russia and the United States would come to Ukraine’s defense if need be.
It’s so painful to see. Almost 30 years later and Russia is still invading Ukraine. I hope this comes to an end as soon as possible.
Do the Russians have honour ?
Boris Yeltsin meant it.
USA was one of the key guarantors of this [treaty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum). Ukraine should not be asking USA for help – USA owes it to them.
For those saying Ukraine was dumb for giving up nukes. Even if they kept them, they couldn’t use much less maintain them due to how expensive it is. Ukraine at the time was a very broke country with basically no economy. It needed all the economic aid they could get which came from the Budapest Memorandum.
Security guarantees were never fully written in agreement, just oral promises. (Politicians keeping their word omegalul)
Never give up your nukes. See: Iran, Libya
Well that didn’t take long
Learn the lesson of Libya and Iraq:
Never give up your nuclear program.
and now trump wants to get rid of the US’s nukes because Russia isn’t a threat anymore.
Well that was a fucking lie…
Looks like “wish you were here” album cover.. someone got burned with a handshake
Yes, I bet the dictator Putin would say “it was Eltsin, not me, so its not my deal”
So much for honor.
Yep, you can trust a Putin deal.
Broken promises are the flavour of the day with goons like Russia.
I guess you can the US Administration to that now.
Yeasss Russia is a very reliable partner 😒
You can always trust the nation that dominated you for hundreds of years which just collapsed to protect you in the future. Lesson learned.
You can always trust a nation where 98% of the citizens can’t point you out on a map. Lesson learned.
You can always trust Britain but only if we get a heads up about 5 years in advance to rearm. Lesson learned.
That‘s the saddest part of the whole story
Do people realize these were Soviet nukes being handed back?
No country is likely to relinquish its nuclear weapons ever again. In fact, we may be on the brink of the most significant wave of nuclear proliferation since the end of World War II.
Russia has only one word: lies, betrayal and murder.
Fyi “never” is 31 years
never say never
Yes. Give them back.