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Nov 3
39m 1s

Ukraine’s Lost Deterrent

Airwave Media
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It is one of the great broken promises of the post-Cold War era. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine found itself in possession of the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal. In 1994, Ukraine gave up those weapons in exchange for assurances that its sovereignty would be protected. Jane Perlez was there reporting on the nuclear dismantling in Kyiv that wi ... Show More
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