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Nuclear Blackmail

Country:

Russia

Issue:

Escalation

Article ID:

86

Title:

Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons. Now it's asking why

Author:

Paul Adams

Date:

December 5, 2024

Source:

BBC News

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Thirty years ago, on 5 December 1994, at a ceremony in Budapest, Ukraine joined Belarus and Kazakhstan in giving up their nuclear arsenals in return for security guarantees from the United States, the UK, France, China and Russia… But a third of the USSR’s nuclear stockpile was located on Ukrainian soil, and handing over the weapons was a regarded as a significant moment, worthy of international recognition. “The pledges on security assurances that [we] have given these three nations…underscore our commitment to the independence, the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of these states,” then US President Bill Clinton said in Budapest.

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