If I remember right, at one time Ukraine had nuclear weapons and the US and Russia talked them into giving them up on the promise that the US and Russia would provide military support to them if needed. I wonder if they may have squirreled some away and may end up using them.
“If I remember right, at one time Ukraine had nuclear weapons and the US and Russia talked them into giving them up “
No... that is the pop culture story. But Ukraine never had any. Some Soviet nukes, controlled by Moscow physically existed there when the USSR ended. But they were never owned, commanded or operated by Ukraine. They were removed rather than allowing them to get handed over to Kiev. Today is probably why.
The Ukrainian military never had a commander of nuclear forces. Kiev had zero operational control because they did not own them. And that security guarantee was for non-aligned military status.
But in any case, those agreements were dead when the nazi coup took over the Ukrainian government. The Uke government ended in violent over throw, and now a new one is there. They don’t inherit everything the old government had.
No, they r d not squirrel any away. We were all over it at the time. See my previous posts today on this subject. . There were still a few grownups in charge at the time who understood the dangers.