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To: AppyPappy
Russia invaded Ukraine.

The rest of the story:

Ukraine has received security guarantees for abandoning the world's third nuclear capability. We don't have that weapon. We also have no security. We also do not have part of the territory of our state that is larger in area than Switzerland, the Netherlands or Belgium. And most importantly - we don’t have millions of our citizens. We don’t have all this.

Therefore, we have something. The right to demand a shift from a policy of appeasement to ensuring security and peace guarantees.

Since 2014, Ukraine has tried three times to convene consultations with the guarantor states of the Budapest Memorandum. Three times without success. Today Ukraine will do it for the fourth time. I, as President, will do this for the first time. But both Ukraine and I are doing this for the last time. I am initiating consultations in the framework of the Budapest Memorandum. The Minister of Foreign Affairs was commissioned to convene them. If they do not happen again or their results do not guarantee security for our country, Ukraine will have every right to believe that the Budapest Memorandum is not working and all the package decisions of 1994 are in doubt.

Translated: We will develop nuclear weapons.

Note: This speech was given by Zelensky at Munich on 2/19/2022. What happened on 2/24? Oh, yeah:

Russia invaded Ukraine.

31 posted on 10/03/2022 5:55:00 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869
Ukraine probably has enough spent fuel to extract a lot of U235 and plutonium.

My guess is that as soon as the war is over, they will join with Poland to start spinning up centrifuges. They would be foolish not to do so.

35 posted on 10/03/2022 5:58:25 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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