Some #Soviet history for you:

The technological heart of the #USSR was #Ukraine

#Dnipropetrovsk (aka #Dnipro) was nicknamed "Rocket City" during the #ColdWar

So when #Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian innovation answered. Russia has been paying for that miscalculation ever since, and will pay a lot more for their colossal error

Ukrainian ingenuity will win this stupid war

"Ukraine Quietly Tested Space-Launch Capabilities in Middle of War Twice"

https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-quietly-tested-space-launch-capabilities-in-middle-of-war-twice-17852

#UkraineWar

Ukraine Quietly Tested Space-Launch Capabilities in Middle of War Twice

Ukraine's military intelligence conducted two secret space missions during the war, reaching altitudes of 100km and 204km.

UNITED24 Media

people need to understand:

when europe's bureaucrats and america's fascists go "you're not going to build a nuke, right ukraine?" it makes sense ukraine would nod along

and then quietly build a bomb in secret and show proof to russia

it's not your people being genocided, so who are you to judge

i am against nuclear proliferation in principle, but i also understand theoretical ideals vs cold hard reality

you don't want a ukrainian bomb?

then give ukraine everything they ask for, and more

@benroyce Ukraine had nuclear weapons.
"In 1994, Ukraine agreed to transfer these weapons to Russia for dismantlement and became a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in exchange for economic compensation and assurances from Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom to respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty within its existing borders."
Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 while Obama was president.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia