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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.

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halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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- TheOctonaut@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Right. Not something we knew 30 years ago, though.
  
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