Now you’re backtracking. In post #13, you argued that Ukrainians didn’t hate the Russians, and that any such suggestion was a dated opinion. You even provided anecdotal evidence. My suggestion that you read a recent book was posted to indicate that there was evidence to the contrary. And now you’re for Ukrainian independence? Choose a side, mate!
Now you mixed three things into one instead of earlier two and tries to make argument out of it.
That’s illogical.
Issue #1 Ukrainian independence.
Issue #2 Ukrainian nuclear status.
Issue #3 Ukrainian hatred of Russians.
Is it correct? I guess it is.
Now tell me what makes direct correlation between these issues?
Correct answer is nothing.
Ukraine might be independent without nukes and hatred or Russians.
Or it might be dependent with nukes and hatred of Russians.
And the whole lot of other combinations possible based on simple algebraic principles.
Don’t fool yourself and everybody else.