this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2024
155 points (98.1% liked)
Ukraine
8205 readers
1341 users here now
News and discussion related to Ukraine
*Sympathy for enemy combatants is prohibited.
*No content depicting extreme violence or gore.
*Posts containing combat footage should include [Combat] in title
*Combat videos containing any footage of a visible human must be flagged NSFW
Donate to support Ukraine's Defense
Donate to support Humanitarian Aid
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
They had nukes. They got rid of them in exchange for assurances from Russia that they would leave them alone.
It's obviously more complicated than that, but that's essentially what it boils down to.
I think you got that wrong enough it warrants a correction...
They gave them up for assurances that Russia and the USA would protect them if they were attacked.
Edit: that's why the USA is giving them weapons, they're honoring the deal, or at least trying to, not 100% sure on specifics, I'm sure it was vague on what protecting them would entail.
So did you.
US agreed to bring it before the UNSC, not to protect them. Russia has veto powers.
'93 Budapest memorandum off the top of my head if anyone wants to look it up and bring the quote forward.
wiki says
what assistance would that not be if not protecting them in some way or another?
Strongly worded tweets?