@@firetecstudios1146I think they didn't want there to be a third country with so many nuclear missiles, and now Ukraine would have stood up for itself as it should.
perhaps - we do not know. They would have been sanctioned and in the time it took to figure out what to do with all the nukes a large power may have invaded to disarm them. We don't know what would have happened. You can't take guesses about how 30 years of history would have panned out if you fiddle with the dials.
That arsenal was about as much Ukraine's as the one America has in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy and Turkey to the country it is in. Control of this arsenal was in Moscow. Ukraine could have dismantled the rockets and sold the bombs to whoever is willing to pay, and that was what both USA and Russia feared.
Тільки от наполягла на цій " угоді" Америка погрожуючи Україні санкціями і дуже серйозними , простими словами ізоляцією від ЄС і це б вбило б Україну. Нажаль віддали ядерну це правда, рашка порушила угоду як і усі окрім України, хто обіцяв безпеку .
In 1997, the NATO-Russia Founding Act was signed, in which Russia and the Alliance pledged not to use military force without the approval of the UN Security Council. Two years later, NATO attacked Yugoslavia.
@@JUPITER44376 "soviet" is Stalin's invention. Way before that, Ukraine (teritorially) was Ukraine. After Soviet Union collapsed, Soviets could easily grab these missiles and carry them back into ruZZia! Why didn't they do that? No volunteers?
Exactly and all the fukken cry baby's here in 🇺🇲 say we shouldn't help Ukraine and webdont owe them anything GTFOH WE OWE UKRAINE BIGG TIME!!!🤬 Slava Ukraina 🇺🇦 🇺🇲
The sad thing is that Ukraine did what the West (led by the US and UK) wanted and in return got security guarantees, the Budapest memorandum - because of our half hearted support now that Ukraine has been attacked, the only logic response from Ukraine and others is that they must get their own nuclear weapons. Expect countries like Poland and Ukraine and other European countries to aim to get nuclear weapons in the future.
it makes no sense for small country have nukes, like france or UK have nukes, but what they gonna do with them? a big country like china, usa or russia could fuck up half the france or uk while they would only max get tiny portion of big boy. Its stupid, small countries having nukes is total waste of resources, they better focus on precision strike weapons and drones
Not to mention Iran, North Korea and All the others that want to have seen security and influence in the world. From their perspective nuclear non-proliferation was clearly a failure, a big mistake that Ukraine made and they won't make the same mistake.
You mention that Ukraine did what the west (led by the US and UK) wanted. But you failed to mention that russia also wanted Ukraine to give up nukes, and give them to russia. Yes, russia also signed the Budapest Memorandum. It seems russia is the only one that got what they wanted.
The leasson learnt from this story is that never bet your future in the hands of the other ones. Be yourself, stand on your feet. Thanks United24 for this insightful and informative story.
The US's pathological fear of nuclear weapons led us all to this point. International treaties don't guarantee anything really. Nuclear weapons can guarantee mutual annihilation and can act as an effective deterrent. So fear of weapons always leads to proliferation of these feared weapons in direct way or indirect one. The conclusion - develop weapons, plan it's usage, never fear them. Weapon never kills - it's always someone using weapons kill.
@@kevinfrancaissfkk8072 One of many inventions by Ukraine/Ukrainian born. Atomic bomb Inventor - George Bohdan Kistiakowsky Georgiy (George) Kistiakowsky was an American physicist and chemist who came from Boyarka, an adviser to US President Eisenhower, a participant in the Manhattan Project, a nuclear weapons development programme in the United States, and the head of the explosives department of a classified laboratory. More than 600 engineers and scientists worked under his leadership. In July 1945, the A-bomb was tested in the desert of New Mexico, which was developed by Kistiakowsky's team. The first atomic bomb test in the USSR dates back to 1949.
@@kevinfrancaissfkk8072 It WAS "their weapon" because they were a part of the USSR, or did you forget that little fact? And even owning the nuclear weapons without "operational control" is better than giving them away to Russia because control could have been gained via reprogramming and rebuilding the systems. Try harder, Kremlin bot.
@@Ese_osa Hey look, if your government fails and you can't maintain your occupation of my country anymore that stuff you leave behind is mine dog. lol People say that Ukraine couldn't have used the weapons due to not having the codes, I know. But they had nuclear infrastructure and expertise left in the country. I'm sure they could have found a workaround to gain control of or repurpose the warheads eventually.
@@nudgeunitno they wouldn’t have. I’m sure the US and Russia would have stopped those plans immediately like they have with Iran. Ukraine had no money and its focus was elsewhere.
at 3:30 of this video i remember one of topgear (UK) episode james may pull out a lighter in his pocket and try to ignite the end of the rocket and said "i think it must be damp" clarkson and hammond laugh at the background
This is slightly misleading. Ukraine never controlled the missile launch codes. It’s not clear they could have found a way to turn the weapons into a credible deterrent
Ukraine is developing a rocket engine for boosters, Ukraine has a full aircraft production cycle, and Ukraine has nuclear reactors and the ability to enrich uranium... Yes, it really can’t...
Well they are certainly giving Russia a fair drubbing. With the help of it's democratic allies Ukraine is turning Russia into a third world nation. Before this decade is out, China will invade it to reclaim lands in the east. Russia is a failed state.
I can see why that happened, the situation was still unstable, the US didn't wanted a nuclear power that was still under russia's influence, russia didn't wanted a bordering nuclear power in case it switched side, and both didn't wanted a nuclear power that possibly could had gone rogue. Ukraine deserve the help it needs!
Nuclear weapons require meticulous and expert maintenance, unlike cars from brands like Toyota or Mazda. It’s likely that Ukraine lacked the expertise needed to properly manage and maintain such weapons.
At the time when Ukraine agreed on to dismantle nuclear weapons Pakistan was also requested to dismantle nuclear weapon but Pakistan denied So now in 2024 it seems that Pakistan took Best decision while not dismantling nuclear weapons 👍
the Soviet nuclear weapons did not belong to the zsoviet republics, the same way the US weapons do not belong to the individual states. the same applies to the weapons production, they were manufactured to different plants in different Soviet republics.
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just remember everyone those missile sites were all targeting United States of America cities during the Cold War and they would have reached us within a half hour
The main question is why did Russia agree to dissolve the USSR to America and agreed al these countries to become independent. That was the biggest mistake The only winner is the us, but obviously they thought Russia would.let it all slide make shady deals with all these "independent" countries!
I'm all with Ukraine but they would never get the technology or materials needed to keep these nuke viable. I also doubt that a significant amount of Russian nukes are actually viable.
Like the man said they should have kept the tactical nuclear weapons which can be flew by planes to drop that is the o oh deterrent they might have needed
Russia is huge, however, only a small part of it is arable land. Russia wants Ukraine because it is mostly arable land. Hence the destruction of Ukraine Cities. You cannot grow food in cities.
The salutation you use belongs to OUN(b). Are they ultranationalists? What is your opinion about them and their official policy with respect to national minorities and deeds in this regard?
But why did Ukraine sign that memorandum? I have an idea about it but I'd like to see something more well documented. The Budapest Memorandum was a really bad agreement in which nuclear deterrence was exchanged for nothing - absolutely nothing. I mean ... the memorandum gives a substitute for nuclear deterrence against nuclear attacks but gives nothing in exchange for the lost nuclear deterrence against conventional attacks. BTW, the material aid the US and UK are giving Ukraine is part of the Budapest Memoradum so I believe Ukraine doesn't to worry about paying them back.
They simply did not understand what the state is. Even the correct name of the country should be Ukrainian republic, but they stayed with Ukraine, which is the proof they were not ready for their own state. The very first act of them was annexion of Crimean republic in 1991, which made even referendum of independence in 1993, but they ignored it and held Crimea by force. They did not even define the borders of their state at UNO. Their state degraded to clans of corrupt oligarchs and fascism. Would you want to leave such group of corrupt oligarchs with nuclear weapons in their hands? It would be dangerous for the world. They did not understand what the nuclear policies were.
Ya'll forget Ukraine was the capital state of the USSR. so their breakup was very personal to a kgb officer like Putin to see his former capital be split away.
It means Who make nuclear missile bomb it was not ukranian But Russian. If you have scientist in ukraine You can make again but you don't have that scientist in ukraine.
As someone else says never trust Russia or America remember they are the chess players you are the pieces anybody else who thinks otherwise is it fool use them and abuse them but never trust them
That's what people don't understand they inherited the nuks but the price of independence was to.return.them.or get rid of them. So the guy is talking rubbish the could keep the tactical nukes and give up the intercontinental ones.
No one gave Ukraine guarantees in the Budapest Memorandum, the maximum that was promised was consultations at the UN, Ukraine gave Soviet nuclear weapons to Russia and received money for it. The launch codes for nuclear weapons in Ukraine were in Moscow.
19:31 Music! ""Yes, the chances of anything coming from [Russia] are a million to one" he said "The chances of anything coming from [Russia] are a million to one" But still they come!"
Ukraine never had a nuclear arsenal, it only stored Russian developed and manufactured Nuclear weapons, which were removed primarily due to corruption, and risk of them ending up in the middle east.
No wonder North Korea isn't letting go of theirs.
Yeah, let’s compare a Dictatorship with a Democracy.
Because North Korea is such a nice place to live, isn’t it.
If Ukraine had not given up its nuclear missiles in 1991, there would be no war now.
The US was the one who forced them...
@@firetecstudios1146I think they didn't want there to be a third country with so many nuclear missiles, and now Ukraine would have stood up for itself as it should.
If US had not helped with the 2014 coup, there would be no war now
perhaps - we do not know. They would have been sanctioned and in the time it took to figure out what to do with all the nukes a large power may have invaded to disarm them. We don't know what would have happened. You can't take guesses about how 30 years of history would have panned out if you fiddle with the dials.
1994 is when they gave up everything
The single biggest mistake in Ukraine's history was trusting Russia and America and giving up their nuclear arsenal...😞
That arsenal was about as much Ukraine's as the one America has in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy and Turkey to the country it is in. Control of this arsenal was in Moscow.
Ukraine could have dismantled the rockets and sold the bombs to whoever is willing to pay, and that was what both USA and Russia feared.
Then by the same logic neither should Belarus and Kazakhstan
Same logic applies to Libya, they gave up their nuclear program later and was invaded faster .
@@johndododoe1411 libya had no budapest memorandum. nor did belarus or kazakhstan
are you sure they gave it all
Here is a lesson folks: agreement with ruzia doesn't worth even a paper.
Тільки от наполягла на цій " угоді" Америка погрожуючи Україні санкціями і дуже серйозними , простими словами ізоляцією від ЄС і це б вбило б Україну. Нажаль віддали ядерну це правда, рашка порушила угоду як і усі окрім України, хто обіцяв безпеку .
As you can see, USA isn't in a hurry to help as well. The support arrives way too slow and too little.
In 1997, the NATO-Russia Founding Act was signed, in which Russia and the Alliance pledged not to use military force without the approval of the UN Security Council. Two years later, NATO attacked Yugoslavia.
THAT WAS SOVIET NUCLEAR WEAPON RUSSIAN NOT UKRAINE
@@JUPITER44376 "soviet" is Stalin's invention. Way before that, Ukraine (teritorially) was Ukraine. After Soviet Union collapsed, Soviets could easily grab these missiles and carry them back into ruZZia! Why didn't they do that? No volunteers?
And US is acting like they don’t own Ukraine anything
Not gonna lie you have a point.
I know, I'm upset at our government :(
Exactly and all the fukken cry baby's here in 🇺🇲 say we shouldn't help Ukraine and webdont owe them anything GTFOH WE OWE UKRAINE BIGG TIME!!!🤬 Slava Ukraina 🇺🇦 🇺🇲
What do we own them?
I think he mean owe ;"@unreal4010
Funny how everyone forgot about this.
The sad thing is that Ukraine did what the West (led by the US and UK) wanted and in return got security guarantees, the Budapest memorandum - because of our half hearted support now that Ukraine has been attacked, the only logic response from Ukraine and others is that they must get their own nuclear weapons.
Expect countries like Poland and Ukraine and other European countries to aim to get nuclear weapons in the future.
it makes no sense for small country have nukes, like france or UK have nukes, but what they gonna do with them? a big country like china, usa or russia could fuck up half the france or uk while they would only max get tiny portion of big boy. Its stupid, small countries having nukes is total waste of resources, they better focus on precision strike weapons and drones
It will happen!
Not to mention Iran, North Korea and All the others that want to have seen security and influence in the world.
From their perspective nuclear non-proliferation was clearly a failure, a big mistake that Ukraine made and they won't make the same mistake.
Never going to happen
You mention that Ukraine did what the west (led by the US and UK) wanted. But you failed to mention that russia also wanted Ukraine to give up nukes, and give them to russia. Yes, russia also signed the Budapest Memorandum. It seems russia is the only one that got what they wanted.
The leasson learnt from this story is that never bet your future in the hands of the other ones. Be yourself, stand on your feet. Thanks United24 for this insightful and informative story.
Thank you for the museum tour and the translation. I really enjoyed seeing this and I hope to see it in person one day.
The US's pathological fear of nuclear weapons led us all to this point. International treaties don't guarantee anything really. Nuclear weapons can guarantee mutual annihilation and can act as an effective deterrent. So fear of weapons always leads to proliferation of these feared weapons in direct way or indirect one. The conclusion - develop weapons, plan it's usage, never fear them. Weapon never kills - it's always someone using weapons kill.
It was our the biggest mistake as a country.
Ukraine should have kept it's Nuclear weapons...
it was never "their weapon" it was soviet's russia weapons. they never had independance or operationnal control over these weapons.
@@kevinfrancaissfkk8072
One of many inventions by Ukraine/Ukrainian born.
Atomic bomb
Inventor - George Bohdan Kistiakowsky
Georgiy (George) Kistiakowsky was an American physicist and chemist who came from Boyarka, an adviser to US President Eisenhower, a participant in the Manhattan Project, a nuclear weapons development programme in the United States, and the head of the explosives department of a classified laboratory. More than 600 engineers and scientists worked under his leadership. In July 1945, the A-bomb was tested in the desert of New Mexico, which was developed by Kistiakowsky's team. The first atomic bomb test in the USSR dates back to 1949.
@@kevinfrancaissfkk8072 It WAS "their weapon" because they were a part of the USSR, or did you forget that little fact?
And even owning the nuclear weapons without "operational control" is better than giving them away to Russia because control could have been gained via reprogramming and rebuilding the systems.
Try harder, Kremlin bot.
They choose west policies snf they psid the ultimate price for it... Russia was very happy with it. 😢
@@peterpanini96 Ukraine doesn't deserve to choose its future?
Couldn’t of got a better guy to do this interview
He honestly made it so good to watch and listen to
Never give up your nukes!
You can’t give up what was never yours
@@Ese_osa Hey look, if your government fails and you can't maintain your occupation of my country anymore that stuff you leave behind is mine dog. lol
People say that Ukraine couldn't have used the weapons due to not having the codes, I know.
But they had nuclear infrastructure and expertise left in the country. I'm sure they could have found a workaround to gain control of or repurpose the warheads eventually.
@@Ese_osaБот.
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@@nudgeunitno they wouldn’t have. I’m sure the US and Russia would have stopped those plans immediately like they have with Iran. Ukraine had no money and its focus was elsewhere.
so the lesson for those paying attention, is: IF you have nuclear long range boomers, NEVER GIVE THEM UP. Never turns out well for those who do.
You trust the likes of North Korea and Iran?
at 3:30 of this video i remember one of topgear (UK) episode james may pull out a lighter in his pocket and try to ignite the end of the rocket and said "i think it must be damp" clarkson and hammond laugh at the background
This is very good.
This documentary is a beauty!!!
The strange thing is that they trusted those who have the largest number of nukes and are still continuously increasing it
capital mistake for UA to enter this deal
Nuclear weapon is the biggest card on the table for negotiation.. Ukraine should utilized that advantage
They were Russia's mate😅
10:04 - "No no no no no no no wait wait wait wait!"
"It's damp!"
This is slightly misleading. Ukraine never controlled the missile launch codes. It’s not clear they could have found a way to turn the weapons into a credible deterrent
This is so cool.
Ok, now Im sure russia is paying youtube to get rid of comments. Ukraine evolved as a nation and also as human beings. Russians didnt.
🇦🇺💙💛✌ 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini!
sadly ukraiane is losing
Bau die Dinger wieder zusammen. Die Ukraine wird eine Welt Macht. Sieg der Ukraine 👍👍 👍
Simple lesson: If whole world is not giving up then you too don't give up.
Ukraine has the technology to re_arm re_equip armed forces with nuclear weapons
Ukraine is developing a rocket engine for boosters, Ukraine has a full aircraft production cycle, and Ukraine has nuclear reactors and the ability to enrich uranium... Yes, it really can’t...
They Have Too
Ukraine is strong 💪 slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 💪
They're not strong
Well they are certainly giving Russia a fair drubbing. With the help of it's democratic allies Ukraine is turning Russia into a third world nation. Before this decade is out, China will invade it to reclaim lands in the east. Russia is a failed state.
They not strong without amerika
I can see why that happened, the situation was still unstable, the US didn't wanted a nuclear power that was still under russia's influence, russia didn't wanted a bordering nuclear power in case it switched side, and both didn't wanted a nuclear power that possibly could had gone rogue. Ukraine deserve the help it needs!
If you have nuclear arsenal you will be respected by mighty country
I admire the soviet engineering and the build quality. Those things still stand
amazing footage, thanks for sharing
No one talks about it. And the "great" powers then gave "guarantees" for Ukraine's sovereignty.
Nuclear weapons require meticulous and expert maintenance, unlike cars from brands like Toyota or Mazda. It’s likely that Ukraine lacked the expertise needed to properly manage and maintain such weapons.
At the time when Ukraine agreed on to dismantle nuclear weapons Pakistan was also requested to dismantle nuclear weapon but Pakistan denied
So now in 2024 it seems that Pakistan took Best decision while not dismantling nuclear weapons 👍
Very interesting historical story and place.
the Soviet nuclear weapons did not belong to the zsoviet republics, the same way the US weapons do not belong to the individual states. the same applies to the weapons production, they were manufactured to different plants in different Soviet republics.
What an incredibly fascinating documentary.
Maybe tell us where the museum is located...
May i ask if its still in use?maybe they can use it again??
All of the warheads were turned over to the russians.
💛🔱💙 Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava! ❤️☠️🖤
Vault Tech Ukraine Edition
Iraq , Libya now Ukraine
🇺🇦Di man tayo pinapaboran ng tadhana sa ngayon😢😢for me mabuti parin ang ginawa nyo noon❤isipin ko na lang meron kayo nito ngayon, wala na siguro itong mundo😢balang araw ngingiti din ang tadhana para sa atin , ❤❤❤
just remember everyone those missile sites were all targeting United States of America cities during the Cold War and they would have reached us within a half hour
Russia have 37000 nuclear bombs what the fuck
3:40 / 20:08 That cat lol! 😹
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wait a min isint that the missle that james may tried to ignite with a baby lighter
Now the nuclear weapons are Ukrainians,but the atrocities of that era is Russian , you guys always fascinate me, the way you pick and choose
They couldnt afford to upkeep them! They were broke!!!
🇺🇸🇺🇦❤🤍💙💛🌹🇮🇱🤍💙
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It means Only Russian made Nuclear missile Not ukranian.
This soldiers look 👀 like they still have the knowledge and this is just UA-cam. Honestly they could rebuild it and I would not put it past Zelenskyy
Big mistake!! 🔥
Now let's hear Kazakhstan and Belarusia why did they gave up their nukes.
The main question is why did Russia agree to dissolve the USSR to America and agreed al these countries to become independent. That was the biggest mistake
The only winner is the us, but obviously they thought Russia would.let it all slide make shady deals with all these "independent" countries!
I'm all with Ukraine but they would never get the technology or materials needed to keep these nuke viable. I also doubt that a significant amount of Russian nukes are actually viable.
Like the man said they should have kept the tactical nuclear weapons which can be flew by planes to drop that is the o oh deterrent they might have needed
The Budapest memorandum annoys me.dont everthink Ukraine haven't the capability to rearm as they have the option everyday guys.
He is forgetting that South Africa, had nuclear rockets...as well...etc...
5 bombs.
@@iwwy1 6 :)
Should have kept a handful just in case. They wouldn't have invaded Crimea.
Must be damp - James May
I think if the ukraine did not give up their nuclear weapon, russia is not able to attack them.
probably the worst mistake ever made in history of man kind
Ukraine got back door out of this deal
Bro they should’ve kept those nukes
exactly. I believe if ukraine kept those nukes russia would not have invaded ukraine agree?
@@Studyhighindia yes
Russia is huge, however, only a small part of it is arable land. Russia wants Ukraine because it is mostly arable land. Hence the destruction of Ukraine Cities. You cannot grow food in cities.
They got somthin tucked
สหรัฐอเมริกาและยุโรปควรช่วยยูเครนสร้างมันมาอีกครั้ง
Why would you ever give your nukes away? What was the agreement?
The greatest mistake a man will ever make 😢
honestly Ukraine security guarantee was keeping its nuke, but i know the west would have sanctioned them to the moon
💙💛
Fascinating. Never trust ruzzia. Slava Ukraini ! Heroyam slava ! 🇺🇦🫡
The salutation you use belongs to OUN(b). Are they ultranationalists? What is your opinion about them and their official policy with respect to national minorities and deeds in this regard?
By the way, if Russia cannot be trusted, then can the Ukraine be trusted? Can Zelensky be trusted?
And look at them now being invaded. I bet they wish they never gave up their arms.
You can make again now
Найбільша помилка яку Україна зробила.
Don’t worry, Ukraine doesn’t need nuclear weapons. They have the UN security Council to protect them : )
Terrific tour! I feel bad for these guys, could they just build conventional solid fuel rockets to defend themselves against Russia?
Great day from Dangrek mountain capital hill. Your next future generation of your technology in Asia
But why did Ukraine sign that memorandum? I have an idea about it but I'd like to see something more well documented. The Budapest Memorandum was a really bad agreement in which nuclear deterrence was exchanged for nothing - absolutely nothing. I mean ... the memorandum gives a substitute for nuclear deterrence against nuclear attacks but gives nothing in exchange for the lost nuclear deterrence against conventional attacks. BTW, the material aid the US and UK are giving Ukraine is part of the Budapest Memoradum so I believe Ukraine doesn't to worry about paying them back.
They simply did not understand what the state is. Even the correct name of the country should be Ukrainian republic, but they stayed with Ukraine, which is the proof they were not ready for their own state. The very first act of them was annexion of Crimean republic in 1991, which made even referendum of independence in 1993, but they ignored it and held Crimea by force. They did not even define the borders of their state at UNO. Their state degraded to clans of corrupt oligarchs and fascism.
Would you want to leave such group of corrupt oligarchs with nuclear weapons in their hands? It would be dangerous for the world. They did not understand what the nuclear policies were.
Is Dnipro pronounced Deeneepro or Neepro?
Depends on regional dialect but is a very soft almost silent ‘d’
Ya'll forget Ukraine was the capital state of the USSR. so their breakup was very personal to a kgb officer like Putin to see his former capital be split away.
It means Who make nuclear missile bomb it was not ukranian But Russian. If you have scientist in ukraine You can make again but you don't have that scientist in ukraine.
The treaty says US or Russia would defend Ukraine in case of an attack...
As someone else says never trust Russia or America remember they are the chess players you are the pieces anybody else who thinks otherwise is it fool use them and abuse them but never trust them
There they condemned Ukraine
Grains of sand….. . . . .. . …
Ukraine had no nuclear weapons. All Soviet nuclear weapons were inherited only by Russia as all the debts of USSR.
That's what people don't understand they inherited the nuks but the price of independence was to.return.them.or get rid of them.
So the guy is talking rubbish the could keep the tactical nukes and give up the intercontinental ones.
Ukraine is the only country with the maturity and intelligence strong enough to trust with nuclear weapons.
No one gave Ukraine guarantees in the Budapest Memorandum, the maximum that was promised was consultations at the UN, Ukraine gave Soviet nuclear weapons to Russia and received money for it. The launch codes for nuclear weapons in Ukraine were in Moscow.
Thank you! The nukes and missiles were useless to them because they were just stationed there.
Wow
19:31 Music!
""Yes, the chances of anything coming from [Russia] are a million to one" he said
"The chances of anything coming from [Russia] are a million to one"
But still they come!"
Ukraine never had a nuclear arsenal, it only stored Russian developed and manufactured Nuclear weapons, which were removed primarily due to corruption, and risk of them ending up in the middle east.
Imagine if all this human energy was put into something else
Imagine if Russians could be peaceful and not invade neighbors. Would be great.
Imagine if you tried and someone else just built nukes and asserted dominance over you.
Just how it is.
That was Soviet Union missile silos
The reason why Ukraine gives up there nuclear arsenal because Russia has the code for them
Ukraine should never have given up its nukes. Russia would never dare to attack a nuclear armed neighbor.