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Here’s then-Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk explaining to parliament in February 1994 that Kiev didn't control the nuclear weapons on its territory and explaining that they had to be transferred to Russia.
“The nuclear button, the entire command infrastructure are in Moscow, no one will ever let us take control,” he said.
“Nuclear weapons can’t serve as a deterrent, they're a threat to ourselves.”
Lavrov just now:
- Moscow is ready to reestablish relations with the West, but they are never going to be like pre-2022 again
- Russia is willing to make economic deals and will listen to what Witkoff and Kushner have to offer, but Russia will not make any political concessions for the sake of such deals
- The Russian government isn't expecting any "miracles" from the Trump admin, and one shouldn't rejoice too much about Trump waiving sanctions since the next President might simply introduce them anyway
Sadly, we have reached a point in this war where the information space is so fucked that, Ukrainian sources (such as Deepstate) will maintain large grey-zones as long as there's still one wounded and abandoned Ukrainian soldier stuck in a basement, and Russian sources will map massive advances up to where a single Russian infiltrator is killed by an FPV drone.
And then the fanatic supporters of each side will cheer it on, blindly consuming and trusting the news that makes them feel the most comfortable. This is made possible by the increasing centralisation of the Russian and Ukrainian information spaces.
The FT reports that traffic along Russia’s Northern Sea Route is surging, driven by shrinking Arctic ice and disruption to traditional shipping routes through the Middle East.
There were 133 voyages along the route in September, up 46% from August and more than four times the number recorded in 2022.
Chinese shipping companies are increasingly using the Arctic route to reach Europe, with one container ship travelling from Qingdao to Felixstowe in 24 days, compared with at least 40 days via the Suez Canal or Cape of Good Hope.
Netanyahu's former advisor Ran Baratz:
The Turks brought down Assad. That was not to our benefit. Assad was more convenient for us.
Assad was not aggressive, and he was a very convenient conduit for proxies — for Hezbollah.
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Ukraine inherited Soviet nuclear weapons on its territory, but his wasn't an independent Ukrainian nuclear deterrent because the command-and-control system remained in Moscow.
Saying Ukraine therefore “had nuclear weapons” is a little like saying Germany has nuclear weapons because American bombs are stationed there, but having someone else’s nuclear weapons on your territory isn't the same thing as possessing your own nuclear arsenal.
Perhaps Ukraine could have tried to acquire its own bomb. But that's precisely the point, it would have had to acquire one.
And there's simply no way the US or Russia would have allowed it. In fact, Washington was the biggest proponent of sending the nukes back to Moscow because it feared materials ending up on the black market.
Told @MeetThePress:
President Pezeshkian and I did not come to New York to sell a war. We came to forge peace.
Iran nonetheless remains steadfast in the face of any aggression—even if it comes to an apocalyptic war. At the same time, we are ready for real diplomacy.