
‘The Russians Worked Fast:’ How Ukraine Lost Its Tactical Nuclear Weapons – Analysis
By Dmytro Shurkhalo
(RFE/RL) -- When Ukraine declared its independence from the U.S.S.R in August 1991, Kyiv came into possession of the third largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world, after the Soviet Union and the United States.
Besides large and complex strategic missiles, Kyiv had also taken over thousands of the...