title: Historical and legal prerequisites for Ukraine’s acquisition of nuclear-free status
abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the historical and legal prerequisites for Ukraine to acquire a nuclear-free status. The article examines the stages of Ukraine’s refusal to use nuclear weapons for political and military purposes. In particular, the authors note that after gaining independence, our state became the third in the world in terms of the power of its nuclear potential after the USA and Russia. Ukraine, as a newly created state, due to historical circumstances, received the t
journal: Uzhhorod National University Herald Series Law