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   From: keithwillshaw@gmail.com   
      
   On 21/09/2024 23:22, a425couple wrote:   
   > On 9/21/24 07:53, Baxter wrote:   
   >  >   Four Russian Soldiers Charged with Torturing and Killing Pro-Kremlin   
   >  > American Volunteer   
   >  > Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty   
   >  > Russell Bentley, a Texas man who as the "Donbas Cowboy" gained notoriety   
   >   
   > Just remember the facts.   
   > When Democrat Clinton was POTUS, he convinced Ukraine to give up   
   > to Russia all the nuclear weapons they held.   
   >   
   > When Republican George W. Bush was POTUS conditions were   
   > stable and improving.   
   >   
   > Two years after Democrat Obama became POTUS in 2014   
   > Russia then unilaterally annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, and   
   > militarily too over the Eastern side of the country (Donbas).   
   >   
   > While Republican Trump was POTUS Ukraine was left alone.   
   >   
   > After Democrat Biden became POTUS Putin's Russian began   
   > major military operations to seize all of Ukraine.   
   > Russia saw Democrat Biden as accepting their conquest.   
      
   Nope, Ukraine volutarily offered to hand over its nuclear weapons. In   
   reality Ukraine had no access to the launch codes so all it had was a   
   liability.   
      
   The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine in 1990 stated that   
   Ukraine would not accept, acquire, or produce nuclear weapons, and its   
   government declared on 24 October 1991 that Ukraine would be a   
   non-nuclear-weapon state.   
      
   On December 5, 1994 the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, United Kingdom, and   
   the United States signed a memorandum to provide Ukraine with security   
   assurances in connection with its accession to the NPT as a non-nuclear   
   weapon state. The four parties signed the memorandum, containing a   
   preamble and six paragraphs.   
      
   See more at   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction   
      
   The problem was that when Russia sent troops into the Donbas it turned   
   ou the security assurances turned out to be worthless.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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