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The Truth About Ukraine’s Decision to Give Up Its Nukes in the ’90s
Newly declassified documents show we can finally let go of this misguided argument.
BY
FRED KAPLAN
JAN 26, 2024
Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
many politicians and commentators have rued the day, back in January 1994, when Presidents Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin pressured Ukraine to dismantle its nuclear weapons. The missiles had once been controlled by the Soviet Union but were still on the soil of the newly independent Ukrainian nation. If Ukraine had held on to those nukes, some argue, Vladimir Putin might have been deterred from annexing Crimea in 2014 or invading the whole country in 2022.In moments of pique, even Ukraine’s current president,
Volodymyr Zelensky, and
some of his top aides have argued that their predecessors shouldn’t have given up the nukes for that reason.
However...
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Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.