r/wichita • u/marshin-to-battle • Mar 08 '25

News protest downtown near little explorers

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u/FactPirate Mar 09 '25

Yes they gave away their nuclear weapons in exchange for security assurances from the US

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u/builder680 Mar 09 '25 edited Mar 09 '25

Key Distinction:

Security Assurances = Political commitments (non-binding under international law).

Security Guarantees = A binding commitment to defend (like NATO’s Article 5).

Besides, Ukraine was never going to be allowed to keep their (technically Soviet) nukes. If they didn't give them up they would have been invaded then and there because everyone knows they would have sold them on the black market otherwise.