Blackmail does not work.
Nobody wants to buy it.
But it seems a pity just to throw it out. For most members of the new Ukrainian parliament, elected in a wave of passion stirred by anti-communism and national patriotism, the question of Ukraine's nuclear weapons is not only a question of national pride, but a question of national loss. And why Ukraine, which has become a sovereign state recognized by the entire world, should not. Ukraine stopped transferring tactical nuclear weapons to Russia in March 1992, justifying this action by claiming that it could not exercise any control over the dismantling process in Russia. The United States reacted immediately.