Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, said that he regretted persuading the Ukrainian government to abandon the Soviet nuclear arsenal in 1994. The revelation aired on Clinton's interview on Irish radio and television called RTE.
"I feel personally responsible because I convinced them (Ukraine) to give up their nuclear weapons. They believe that if Ukraine had nuclear weapons, Russia would not have started its current trick," said Clinton.
He noted that Putin is not complying with the agreement guaranteeing the security of Ukraine in exchange for giving up nuclear weapons. Clinton signed this agreement with Russian and Ukrainian presidents Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kravchuk.
After the collapse of the USSR, nuclear weapons were removed from the territory of Ukraine. The country renounced its nuclear status as part of the Budapest Memorandum, which guaranteed the country's security. The memorandum was signed by Ukraine, Russia, the United States, and Great Britain.
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