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Zelenskyy straight-up said Ukraine is going to lose if Congress doesn't send more aid (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

they weren't ukrainian nukes. they were soviet nukes and ukraine didn't have the money or expertise to take care of them.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I wouldn’t put it that way exactly. Ukraine was a constituent part of the USSR, and eastern Ukraine was a major industrial hub. I don’t know the history of it, but perhaps giving the nukes to Russia was part of the deal made in the Post-Soviet transition in Ukraine.

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