A new nuclear state: Ukraine.

From: The Economist (US) | Date: June 12, 1993 | Copyright information

Ukraine prime minister Leonid Kuchma is supporting the ratification of the first strategic-arms reduction treaty (START-1), while calling for the retainment of 46 nuclear missiles. The decision could make Ukraine the first independent nuclear power in the ex-Soviet Union.

UKRAINE may be about to become an independent nuclear power by announcing a deal under which it will offer to ratify the first strategic-arms reduction treaty (START-1), while retaining 46 sophisticated SS-24 missiles that are in Ukraine now but are controlled by Moscow. That, at any rate, seems a plausible ...

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