Ukrainian Army attacked oil depot in Feodosia with new weapons, Russians begin mass evacuation

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1. Slava Ukraini 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🫡

2. Ukraine’s ability to put a nuclear weapon on one of these drones (missiles) must terrify Putin. Ukraine has the materials, expertise and resources to build Nuclear weapons. It was estimated at the start of the war that would take about 3 years. Ukraine is a world leader in atomic energy/weapons. In 1949, the first Nuclear Weapon detonated by the USSR was designed by Ukrainians in “Laboratory No 1” in Kharkiv.

   Putin and the Oligarchs must now factor into their plans the likelihood that Ukraine has nuclear weapons in serial production and a delivery system that can reach Moscow.

   Ukraine acceded to the NPT on the express stipulation that Russia and other nations provide security guarantees in the Budapest Declaration – which Russia has breached. In 2022/3 Russia & Belarus also breached the NPT when Belarus agreed to “host” Russian tactical nuclear weapons. The fig leaf hiding this breach is that the warheads are under the “control’ of Russia. Seminally these weapons are attached to missiles which are under the full control of Belarus. International observers agree this amounts to the weapons being under the control of Belarus (ie they hold the power to decide to launch without further reference to Russia.)

   On April 15, 2021, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Melnyk said that if Ukraine is not allowed to join NATO, his country might have to reconsider its status as a non-nuclear weapon state to guarantee its defense. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky renewed such sentiments, suggesting that Ukraine could view the Budapest Memorandum as invalid should its security assurances not be met. There is strong international opinion that Ukraine legally doesn’t need to withdraw from the NPT, the agreement has been rendered moot for Ukraine at the moment Russia breached the Budapest Declaration.

   (The West negotiated the Budapest Declaration for Russia and disarmed all their surrounding states. Now Russians are giving assistance for WMDs to Iran and the DPRK. Russians are forcing Ukraine to rebuild its WMDs. Russians have put Nuclear weapons in the hands of Belarus. Russians will eventually need to clean up the mess they’ve made.)

   The West has already recognised that a nuclear armed Ukraine (and Belarus) is inevitable. In April 2023, former US president Bill Clinton expressed regret at pressuring Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons, in light of the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine and escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War from 2022. Clinton would only make a foreign policy statement like that if it was approved by the current administration. For Americans, it’s an often used back door way of announcing an unpopular inevitability.

   Significantly, Ukraine has not signed or ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). In October 2023, Ukraine changed its vote from “abstain” to “against” for the annual UNGA resolution reaffirming the TPNW. Why would a State threatened my a nuclear neighbour vote against the TPNW … unless they are themselves rearming?

   This makes sense. At the moment, Putin rattling his rusty old nukes is just seen as hot air. The West’s surveillance capacity is very good. They know exactly where every Russian WMD is and if it’s being prepared for use. If Putin’s threats do become serious, someone will then have to launch a preemptive decapitation strike of Russia’s major cities and missile silos. France, Britain and the USA don’t want that stain on their reputation. It’s much better if Ukraine does the job with wholly indigenous weapons – it can then be unambiguously seen as David striking down a bone head Goliath. Before that, Ukraine is unlikely to suddenly announce it is a nuclear power. They are more likely to adopt the same policy as Israel – “Nuclear ambiguity”. If you were Putin (or his Oligarchs), would you take the risk?

   As an aside, Ukraine does not have International inspectors. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) reports to the Ukrainian cabinet. The inspection power for the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is notoriously weak, really only supported by the Open Skies Treaty which enables flyovers of territory. But the risk of Russia shooting down an inspection plane makes even that impossible. There’s also usually voluntary access to inspectors which, regrettably, Ukraine has had to suspend due to Russia’s systematic targeting of their power infrastructure. The only remaining independent international inspectors are at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. So Ukraine is free to advance its weapons program with minimal oversight.

3. Putin the clown: "Nein, Nein, Nein…Rauchen ist Verboten!" Slava Ukraini!

4. What has Russia gained so far from the brutal dictator Putin's war in Ukraine? When will the Russians wake up and stop him?

5. speed kills, so does stupidity
   (climate change n all)

6. Disguising Russian weapons shipments as food?
   I will NEVER step into another Russian restaurant.

7. ❤😂😂🎉😢😢😮😮😮😅😅😅

8. Crimea will soon be liberated from the Nazis

9. Slava UKRAINE ❤❤❤🇺🇦🇮🇹❤️

10. I think that after the conversation with Trump and VP Haris in America, President Zelenskyy decided to give up Crimea and therefore to shoot too it's own oil depots. 😳