DefenceTalkUkraine, sandwiched between Russia and the European Union, has since independence in 1991 been torn between its former Soviet master Moscow and the Western institutions it wants to join. Here is an overview: Independence and nuclear arsenal scrapped In December 1991, Ukraine votes in favour of independence from the Soviet Union in a referendum. Russian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraine-torn-between-russia-and-the-west-78078/