Ukraine, once known as the granary of Europe, has now become the womb of Europe, once the world stood in the world's top three armed forces list, and now it has become the country of the bottom of Europe. In just 30 years, how Ukraine has fallen from its peak to the bottom.
Ukrainian beauties
First of all, let's see how proud Ukraine was, Ukraine's land area is 603,700 square kilometers, the area ranks second in so many countries in Europe, the quality of the ukrainian people at that time was very high, 70% of the people received higher education, the fertile black land exceeded 160,000 square miles, as long as it is well utilized, grain production can even supply the whole of Europe, known as the European granary. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Ukraine, as the second most important thing in the Soviet Union after Russia, inherited a large amount of the Soviet Union's legacy, and 35% of the entire Soviet Union's military industry was distributed to Ukraine, including more than 1,000 combat aircraft, 300 large warships, 1,272 intercontinental nuclear missiles, and 2,500 tactical nuclear warheads.
Known by NATO as "Satan", it once shocked the United States with the SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile
At that time, only Ukraine had the ability to manufacture the world's largest transport aircraft, that is, the An-225 in the Russo-Ukrainian War, as well as the aircraft carrier assembly factory, which made the old United States hungry at the time. It can be said that Ukraine is a piece of fragrant steamed buns, everyone wants to win over, and it is not so easy to deal with his people, and it can definitely make the enemy break a mouthful of teeth. According to this script, Ukraine developed well, must be a world power, occupy a place in the world, and then, Ukraine step by step into the trap designed by others, playing itself waste.
A transport aircraft that can transport the space shuttle, the An-225
First of all, a large part of the reason comes from the oligarchs in Ukraine, when the Soviet Union just collapsed, Ukraine's existing economic system can not maintain domestic operation, with the influx of European and American products into the market, Ukraine's own industrial system was impacted, resulting in a large number of people unemployed, Ukraine learned from Russia, let the capital oligarchy develop vigorously, the result of the national capital was encroached on 64%, further increasing the gap between rich and poor,
Oligarch of Ambitions: Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko
The current president Zelinsky, a comedian-turned-president, actually relied to a large extent on the financial resources of the oligarchs to clear the way for him to move forward, so it was inevitable that in the administration of the oligarchs, he gave great privileges to the oligarchs, who colluded with the government and messed up the Ukrainian economy.
The current president, Zelinsky
At this time, the powerful military resources that were originally inherited have become a huge burden, not to mention the new military development, and the maintenance and maintenance of these sophisticated weapons is an unimaginably huge expense. Rather than let the weapons go bad, it is better to sell or destroy them, and Ukraine at that time can be said to be a momentary sight, and the world rushed to buy these weapons and equipment.
On February 5, 1994, three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, Russia, and Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum of Understanding on Security Assurances, in which Ukraine only needs to give up its nuclear weapons, destroy strategic and tactical bombers, and cruise missiles, and the United States, Russia, and Britain will provide Ukraine with a security and nuclear umbrella. After the signing of this agreement, all nuclear warheads of Ukraine were shipped to Russia for destruction, and all strategic bombers, cruise missiles, and nuclear ballistic missiles were destroyed. Since then, Ukraine has become a second-rate country and has lost the ability to break the wrists of the big powers.
Monument to the Mother of the Fatherland in Kiev
On the whole, nuclear abandonment is fueled by the United States, Russia, and Britain, as well as Ukraine's own reasons.
The later Ukraine has become a pawn in the GAME between the United States and Russia, from the Crimean incident to the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is essentially a game between Russia and the United States, and poor Ukraine has become an irresistible pawn, which is lamentable.
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