Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament: A History

“It’s the first work in English with so much detail that goes against the mainstream, Western interpretation of that story. His argument is not that Ukraine should have kept nuclear weapons, but that Ukrainians were forced to give them up without getting proper guarantees of the country’s independence or adequate financial compensation. Nuclear weapons were Ukraine’s security, and they gave it up because the US and Russia were working together.” Read more...

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Serhii Plokhy, Historian