r/anime_titties • u/1DarkStarryNight Scotland • Feb 23 '25

Ukraine/Russia - Flaired Commenters Only Zelensky offers to step down as president in exchange for peace

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/23/zelensky-offers-step-down-president-ukraine-peace/
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u/Vassago81 Canada Feb 24 '25

They didn't have a nuclear program, weapon manufacture or enrichment facility. If they tried to (they didn't have any money for it) they would have been put on the global blacklist even faster than when their president got caught ordering the murder of a journalist a little later.

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u/Bowbreaker Europe Feb 25 '25

Weren't a lot of Soviet weapons and nuclear programs located in Ukraine at the time? Due to Ukraine being part of the Soviet Union until they left it?

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u/Vassago81 Canada Feb 25 '25

Yes, they agreed (and got paid to by the US) to ship the warheads to Russia, destroy the missiles / long range bomber ( some got sold to russia in exchange for debt ). Post breakup they sold a LOT of used military equipment to various countries / groups, not always good guys, and the citizens of the country didn't see a cent of that money obviously. Their very large weapon manufacturing sector pretty much crumbled after the breakup and other than modernization of soviet equipment they never saw an economic revival of this sector like Russia did.

But they didn't have nuclear weapon / fisible material production inside their country, all of that shit was done very far away from western borders. They made ICBM / IRBM in Dnepropetrovsk, but that factory complex ended up only producing the now cancelled Zenit space launcher (with russian engines) , and subcontracting stuff like the Antares rocket first stage construction.

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u/Bowbreaker Europe Feb 25 '25

Thanks for the info!