Membership vital to ‘victory plan’, Volodymyr Zelensky tells EU summit, as he warns of need for powerful deterrent against Russia

  • The Octonaut
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    18 hours ago

    There were nukes in Ukraine. This is not the same as Ukraine having nukes. They couldn’t control, and worse, couldn’t maintain the nuclear weapons that the Soviet Union left behind.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      couldn’t maintain the nuclear weapons that the Soviet Union left behind.

      Not sure Russia has either. They certainly haven’t maintained the rest of the Societ military infrastructure that was left in Russia.