By abandoning neutrality, Ukraine essentially violated the basis for its independence.
By abandoning neutrality, Ukraine essentially violated the basis for its independence.
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According to Section IX of Ukraine’s 1990 Declaration of State Sovereignty:
The Ukrainian SSR solemnly declares its intention of becoming a permanently neutral state that does not participate in military blocs and adheres to three nuclear free principles: to accept, to produce and to purchase no nuclear weapons.