'Stupid, illogical' — Zelensky blasts Ukraine for relinquishing nuclear arms without strong security guarantees

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https://kyivindependent.com/stupid-illogical-zelensky-blasts-ukraine-relinquishing-nuclear-arms-without-strong-security-guarantees/

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Jan. 25 criticized Ukraine’s decision to give up its nuclear weapons in the 1990s without receiving strong security guarantees in return.

Archived version: web.archive.org/…/stupid-illogical-zelensky-blast…

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natecox@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I wish we could stop using terms like “blasts”, “slams”, etc in the news.

I feel like it’s hard to take even very serious things seriously when it sounds like middle school me drafted it.

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- Mac@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  #LEMMY COMMENTER EVISCERATES JOURNALIST’S TITLING CONVENTIONS
  
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- charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  “hits out” is my favorite least favorite. So fucking lame that it just distracts me
  
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  - MintyFresh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    That’s a bussin take
    
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- extremeboredom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I added content filters for those silly words, no posts with them present appear for me anymore.
  
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  - gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    …how did you get here?
    
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- truxnell@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  There’s some extensions that replace slams with wrestling moves. Still wouldn’t give em a click
  
  Gonna go put some of these buzzwords alongside my US politics filter words
  
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  - Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I can’t help but imagine using that and seeing a headline with the Mankind/Undertaker copypasta put right in the middle.
    
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- Wahots@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Dragged, too.
  
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  - undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    This one is the absolute worst in my book. Does anyone talk like that irl?
    
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Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Interesting piece of the puzzle I wasn’t aware of: while Ukraine was technically a significant nuclear power, the Ukrainian government never had full control over them, nor the ability to launch them. From Wikipedia:

While all these weapons were located on Ukrainian territory, Russia controlled the launch sequence and maintained operational control of the nuclear warheads and its weapons system.

en.wikipedia.org/…/Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_de…

In the nineties, Ukraine would have come out looking quite hawkish to somehow wrest control of the weapons and then keep them for their own security. It would have prevented invasion perhaps, but it didn’t seem reasonable at the time.

I do think they have a uniquely legitimate right to hold nuclear weapons in self defense. Without them it’s war until the bitter end - of them or Putin’s regime.

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