Former U.S. President Bill Clinton suggested during an interview Tuesday that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Kyiv still had nuclear weapons, which were surrendered in 1994.
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During an interview with Irish news service RTÉ released on Tuesday, Clinton suggested that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Kyiv still had its nuclear deterrent.Clinton said."And none of them believe that Russia would have pulled this stunt if Ukraine still had their weapons." In the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, the Ukrainian government in Kyiv agreed to surrender the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal, which consisted of around 1,900 strategic nuclear warheads.Russia, and Britain provided Ukraine with security assurances, agreeing"to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine" and"to refrain from the threat or use of force" against the country.
and US-Soviet relations, told the Insider that a"nuclear-armed Ukraine would enjoy high confidence of territorial integrity."Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, second from the left, helped facilitate the 1994 Budapest Memorandum with Ukraine president Leonid Kuchma, right, to dismantle Ukraine's nuclear weapons.
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