Comment on Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says
NKBTN@feddit.uk 23 hours agoWhat’s Ukraine got to do with the UK though?
Obvs I’m against war in principle, but why are we even involved in something several thousand miles away that doesn’t border us or even the Commonwealth?
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 22 hours ago
Because the UK (and the US and Russia) agreed to protect Ukrainian sovereignty after Ukraine willingly had the Soviet nuclear arsenal dismantled after the Soviet Union dissolved.
See en.wikipedia.org/…/Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_de…
The other reason is basically the same reason why the UK got involved on the side of Poland in 1939.
NKBTN@feddit.uk 18 hours ago
Ok that is really useful context, thank you