Commentary: Ukraine’s fate could renew a race for weapons of mass destruction
by Markos Kounalakis, Los Angeles Times
Jan 29, 2022
2 minutes
Regret is what Ukrainian leaders must be feeling these days, as Russia amasses troops along the border. There’s nothing that says “keep your hands off my territory” like fully armed, nuclear-tipped weaponry — the sort that Kyiv surrendered shortly after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Now officials have no nuclear option to deter an invasion.
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