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2025-01-07 20:51:21 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 007672F6772CB5D9B36A44CB31242AC58EEA80AFF52DC099333A843B41483991
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Ukraine did not have operational control over these weapons. The launch codes and command systems remained under Russian (formerly Soviet) control via Moscow’s centralized system. Ukraine possessed the warheads geographically, but lacked ability to launch or control them. https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2014-12/features/looking-back-ukraines-nuclear-predicament-and-nonproliferation-regime https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nunn-lugar-russia-programs/2019-12-05/nuclear-weapons-ukraine
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