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K. Ryabitsev
monsieuricon
Periodic reminder of a few facts:
1. Ukraine was a nuclear power after the dissolution of the USSR. It had nuclear weapons under its full control.
2. The USA convinced Ukraine to transfer their nuclear weapons to Russia. In exchange, the USA signed a treaty *guaranteeing* Ukraine's territorial sovereignty if Ukraine gives up its nuclear weapons.
3. In 2014, when Russia invaded and illegally annexed Crimea, the US under Barack Obama defaulted on their guarantee.
4. We cannot seriously discuss any other treaties with Russia if we continue to ignore the fact, that such treaties were repeatedly broken by Russia, with the powerful nations offering security guarantees looking the other way.
1. Ukraine was a nuclear power after the dissolution of the USSR. It had nuclear weapons under its full control.
2. The USA convinced Ukraine to transfer their nuclear weapons to Russia. In exchange, the USA signed a treaty *guaranteeing* Ukraine's territorial sovereignty if Ukraine gives up its nuclear weapons.
3. In 2014, when Russia invaded and illegally annexed Crimea, the US under Barack Obama defaulted on their guarantee.
4. We cannot seriously discuss any other treaties with Russia if we continue to ignore the fact, that such treaties were repeatedly broken by Russia, with the powerful nations offering security guarantees looking the other way.
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K. Ryabitsev
monsieuricon
And when some crooked US politicians start saying "Why do we keep supporting Ukraine?" remind them that they fucking put their name on the legal document where the U.S. guaranteed the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine.
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Lorenzo Stoakes
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@monsieuricon that was utterly utterly shameful, one of a string of shameful acts of cowardice we in the West engaged in. Makes me sick.
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Large Format Projectionist
Benhm3@mastodon.socialThank you for posting this. I thought I’d hallucinated this whole thing.
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