nuclear weapons, they opened economic, diplomatic and political ties with europe and with the western world. that was part of the deal. but in military terms, they got something really, really specific. this is the military deal they signed in december, 1994. they call it the budapest memorandum. and it is a formal agreement signed by ukraine and russia and us and great britain. and it says essentially because you, ukraine, have so kindly agreed to get rid of all those nuclear weapons that the soviets left behind, we agree to leave you alone to be your own country. the budapest memorandum is kind of amazing. it s a very short agreement. and the wording is very much to the point. look at this. welcoming the asession of ukraine to the treaty on nonproliferation of nuclear weapons as a nonnuclear weapons state, taking into account the commitment to eliminate all nuclear weapons in its territory, noting the changes in the worldwide security situation including the end of the cold
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