Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post

Ukrainians will know that their only hope of independence and freedom from Russian domination will be to obtain nuclear weapons.
Sorry, here you make a severe mistake:

Nuclaer weapons in the hands of a strong government may be a bonus, no real dispute.

However, nuclaer weapons in a state, that is in danger of becoming a failed state, may only accelerate the decline: there are fights within the state for the weapons and there is the high possibility that a neighbour uses the situation to secure imported weapons or dstroys production facilities.

Nuclaer weaopons neither prevent a state from becoming a failed state nor do they transform a failed state into a functioning state again. Therefore, Pakistan is an example with very limited value.

IMHO the Ukrainian government would be stupid to set the acquisition of nuclear weapons on the agenda.