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Summary
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned that forcing Ukraine into an unfair peace deal would lead to more war, rejecting any agreement that concedes territory to Russia without security guarantees.
She urged Europe to pressure the U.S. to support its NATO allies. Meanwhile, Trump dismissed Zelensky’s role in peace talks, claiming Ukraine has “no cards” to negotiate.
U.S.-Ukraine relations remain strained, though some American officials signaled continued support.
Trump’s team insists Zelensky will eventually accept a U.S. rare earth mineral deal despite Kyiv’s current resistance.
Ukraine does not have nuclear weapons. They gave them up for peace…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum
No one’s ever going to do that again. Trump has guaranteed a new era of nuclear proliferation.
That’s why they have to test the new ones.
While the nuclear weapons where physically present on Ukraine soil, the country did not have operational control over them.
Yup, all the launch codes and mechanisms were in Kremlin
Not all require launch codes. Especially not those delivered by plane. The rest they could dismantle and repurpose.
But they have the capability right? Truly if they wanted to have a nuke I’m positive they could build one.
The stuff you need to make this sort of thing isn’t off the shelf, they would have to buy or build a shitload of these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_centrifuge
and its not cheap, these are just maintenance cost (and upgrades)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/
Ukraine’s gdp is around 170 billion, so it isn’t really something they could afford to just crank up.
On a personal note, I hope we as a species never fire another one of these weapons ever again.
How does pakistan and nkorea do it then?
north korea does not need to pay its employees and has state sponsored hackers extorting hospitals. idk what revenue streams pakistan has. while the knowledge isn’t hard to get, usually the problem is sourcing enough radioactive materials.