My super power is being Ukrainian | NATO Youth Summit Challenge Winner 2024
Sept 17, 2024
๐บ๐ธ USA, keep your word โ let Ukraine strike back.
“Hand over your gun, and we’ll guarantee your safety!”
โ Holos Ukrainy newspaper, 1993
And we handed it over, and now we are being crushed by those who were supposed to protect us.
โข๏ธ After the collapse of Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world, consisting of approximately 1,900 strategic nuclear warheads and a large number of tactical nuclear weapons, stationed on its territory.
On December 5th, 1994, the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances was signed. Under this agreement, Ukraine committed to transferring all its nuclear warheads to russia for dismantlement and joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear-weapon state.
In exchange, Ukraine received assurances of its sovereignty and territorial integrity from ๐บ๐ธ the United States, russia, and ๐ฌ๐ง the United Kingdom. Later, ๐จ๐ณ China and ๐ซ๐ท France provided weaker, individual assurances.
Signatories promised:
โ Respect for Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty in the existing borders
โ Refraining from threats or use of force against Ukraine
โ Assurance against economic coercion
โ Seek immediate #SecurityCouncil action to provide assistance to Ukraine if it “๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐”
๐งป๐ International agreements and security guarantees are worth less than toilet paper.
The main lesson is: never rely on others for your safety, and never give up your nukes or weapons.
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Free speech isn’t a free pass to ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ.
While ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐, and swiftly spreading the footage everywhere,
๐จ๐ฆ Canada is set to screen the propagandistic film “๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ at War” today. This movie was filmed in Ukraine on occupied territories without the permission of the Ukrainian government, violating international regulations – without the consent of the legitimate government to produce footage, especially if they are operating in occupied territories.
๐ฉ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ข ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฉ
(My primary question over the past two years: Why do those who have never experienced moscow’s occupation act as if they know better?)
The filmmakers aim to portray the humane side of the ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ.
But what are they doing in Ukraine? Why did they come?
What about Bucha? Mariupol? Izium? Bakhmut? Kharkiv? Kherson? Pokrovsk?
The creators of the film dream of rekindling ties with the West and ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ in Ukraine.
“Since the beginning of the war on February 24, 2022, there have been a lot of bridges destroyed between russia and the West,”
Trofimova, the russian-Canadian director, ex-reporter for “RUSSIA TODAY” told reporters ahead of the premiere of her film “๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง๐ฌ at War”.
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A post from Sept 16 from Yana :
FREE UKRAINIANS FROM ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐บ๐ฆ Greetings from Kyiv, the capital of bravery.
In less than 24 hours of arriving in Ukraine, I participated in a run with the esteemed historian, Professor of Yale University and ambassador for UNITED24, Timothy Snyder. Together with other 1,000 participants we ran 10 km to support the cause of ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ.
(Meanwhile 72 Iranian-made Shahed drones were neautralised this night)
According to the Presidentโs Commissioner for #HumanRights, Dmytro Lubinets, there are currently
โผ๏ธabout 28,000 ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ โผ๏ธ
We run to remind the world:
There is no peace until every Ukrainian is returned home.
There is no peace without justice.
Captivity is ๐๐๐ก๐ก.
Captivity is ๐ข๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง.
Captivity is ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐.
Alongside us were soldiers and veterans, Ukrainians who have endured ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐ค๐๐๐ช๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, – simply those Ukrainians that managed to ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ – and families of prisoners who await their loved ones’ return.
We run to show that we stand with the families of the captives.
Free Ukrainian defenders and civilians from ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Ways to support efforts๐
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There is a direct nexus between the Budapest Memorandum and the genocide going on today.
โFormer President Bill Clinton has expressed remorse over his role in negotiating a 1994 deal that resulted in Ukraine giving up its nuclear arsenal, suggesting that Russia never would have invaded its smaller neighbor if it still had nukes.ย
โI feel a personal stake because I got them [Ukraine] to agree to give up their nuclear weapons. And none of them believe that Russia would have pulled this stunt if Ukraine still had their weapons,โ Clinton told Irish broadcaster RTE
https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/bill-clinton-regrets-having-ukraine-give-up-nuclear-weapons/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app
Clinton; and everyone else involved, have a) failed to explain why Ukraine was skanked into signing a worthless document and/or
b) if it was genuine, why didnโt they do what they were required to do back in 2014, which is protect Ukraineโs borders?
Three US presidents have failed to honor this document. Needless to say, what mafia land did to it. There will never be another Budapest Memorandum-type agreement again. This means that nuclear disbarment will not happen … not for a very, very long time into the far distant future. Nukes mean safety. And, we see that mere threatening with nukes can let you get away with murder, war crimes, rape, destruction, looting, lying…