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🇺🇦💥 Did You Know❓Ukraine Once Had the World’s Third-Largest Nuclear Arsenal❓
After the fall of the Soviet Union, one-third of the USSR’s nuclear weapons were located on Ukrainian soil — making Ukraine, overnight, one of the world’s biggest nuclear powers.
But on 5 December 1994, Ukraine agreed to give up every nuclear weapon in exchange for security guarantees from the 🇺🇸 US, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇫🇷 France, 🇨🇳 China, and 🇷🇺 Russia — known as the Budapest Memorandum.
🔸 Missiles were removed
🔸 Silos were blown up
🔸 And the entire nuclear base at Pervomais’k became a museum
Fast-forward to today, after Russia’s full-scale invasion, many Ukrainians — including former military officers — say giving up those weapons was a historic mistake.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister recently held up the Budapest Memorandum at a NATO meeting, calling it a “monument to short-sightedness.”
Some experts in Ukraine now openly discuss whether the country should reconsider nuclear weapons in the future if allies fail to provide real, lasting security guarantees.
A stunning reminder of how one decision made 30 years ago still shapes geopolitics today.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, one-third of the USSR’s nuclear weapons were located on Ukrainian soil — making Ukraine, overnight, one of the world’s biggest nuclear powers.
But on 5 December 1994, Ukraine agreed to give up every nuclear weapon in exchange for security guarantees from the 🇺🇸 US, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇫🇷 France, 🇨🇳 China, and 🇷🇺 Russia — known as the Budapest Memorandum.
🔸 Missiles were removed
🔸 Silos were blown up
🔸 And the entire nuclear base at Pervomais’k became a museum
Fast-forward to today, after Russia’s full-scale invasion, many Ukrainians — including former military officers — say giving up those weapons was a historic mistake.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister recently held up the Budapest Memorandum at a NATO meeting, calling it a “monument to short-sightedness.”
Some experts in Ukraine now openly discuss whether the country should reconsider nuclear weapons in the future if allies fail to provide real, lasting security guarantees.
A stunning reminder of how one decision made 30 years ago still shapes geopolitics today.
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