NATO membership in exchange for having surrendered its nuclear weapons: Zelenskyy explains why Ukraine needs membership in the Alliance. When Ukraine gave up all of its nuclear weapons in 1996, it received nothing in return except full-scale war. “That’s why we need NATO, because we don’t have weapons to stop Putin,... #NATOexpansion #NATOUkraine #NuclearWeapons #Zelenskyy
Spending on nuclear weapons reached a record $91B; this is enough to provide greenenergy for 12 million homes. As reported by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the nine states that possess nuclear weapons spent $91.4B on them last year. This spending is effectively useless, as the n... #China #ICAN #MilitarySpending #NuclearWeapons #RussianFederation
Ukraine took fourth place in the world’s ranking of arms importers; Europeans are also arming themselves against the background of war. During the period from 2019-2023, Ukraine became the largest arms importer in Europe and ranked fourth in the world, according to information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ... #ArmsImport #NuclearWeapons #SIPRI #WarinUkraine #WeaponsExport
Half of Ukrainians support the restoration of Ukraine’s nuclear power. About 47.8% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine needs to reacquire an arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons. According to the research by the Razumkov Center, 52% of respondents believe that tactical nuc... #NuclearWeapons #SociologicalSurvey #UkraineNuclearArsenal #WarinUkraine