Like literally Ukraine GAVE UP their nukes for a promise never to invade. EVERY country with a nuclear power plant now is going to do the relatively easy trick by nuclear engineering standards to enrich U235 to U238 and start tooling up.
fukking moron made the whole world less safe. And Trump would hand Ukraine over day 1 if and when he gets back in office, because the jackass wants to run the US the same way.
russia will have a very militarized Ukraine on their borders for a long ass time. bet they wish all they had to worry about were missile shields. now they might end up two NATO countries on their borders since Finland joined during this war.
“Our unity must enable us to go all the way to drive the occupier out of our land. And it will,” Zelensky said in a speech marking Defenders Day. “Courage, resilience, and unity are the things we must not lose in order not to lose Ukraine.”
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Zelensky: 'Never again will Ukraine pay with its sovereignty for illusory promises of peace'
by
Natalia Datskevych
October 1, 2023 9:30 PM2 min read
President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a ceremony marking the Defenders Day on Oct. 1, 2023, in Kyiv. (
www.president.gov.ua)
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 1, when Ukraine marks the Defenders Day, a public holiday honoring veterans and fallen soldiers, that the country will never again “pay with the future of its children, its sovereignty and its will for illusory promises of peace.”
“Ukraine has made historical conclusions,” Zelensky said.
In 1994, three years after gaining independence, Ukraine, which had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world and included more than 5,000 strategic and tactical weapons,signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Budapest Memorandum.
The country expected extended security assurance in return for moving warheads to Russia, which 20 years later would brutally violate memorandum and invade Ukraine.
“Our unity must enable us to go all the way to drive the occupier out of our land. And it will,” Zelensky said. “Courage, resilience, and unity are the things we must not lose in order not to lose Ukraine.”
As of the beginning of August, 12 countries – Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Sweden –
have already joined the G7's joint declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine.
The guarantees, including addressing issues of sanctions, financial assistance and post-war reconstruction, are expected to strengthen Ukraine's ability to resist Russian aggression.