Thirty-one years ago today – Dec. 5, 1994 – the leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, and Russia gathered in Budapest for what was meant to be a triumph of diplomacy. Ukraine had just inherited the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal from the collapsed Soviet Union – nearly 2,000 nuclear weapons. It agreed to give up every single one in exchange for security assurances from the very powers now deciding its fate. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_