claim: "ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. they gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."
author: ben carson
evidence_1: prior to 1991, ukraine was part of the soviet union and had soviet nuclear  weapons in its ... the united states would also not have made ukraine an  exception when it ... ukraine would also have struggled with replacing the  nuclear weapons once .... now, there's a strong sentiment in ukraine that we  made a big mistake.
evidence_2: apr 30, 2014 ... at first, ukraine planned to keep its nuclear weapons. ... united states — ukraine  agreed to give up their nukes in exchange for ... to protect the sovereignty and “ territorial agreement” of ukraine, ... of backing it up, things might not turn out the  way we want them. ... they know how volatile things can become.
evidence_3: oct 1, 2016 ... we have enemies who are obtaining nuclear weapons that they can explode in  our ... if we give them a mission and we don't tie their hands behind their back,  they can .... you know, ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. they gave away their  nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them.
evidence_4: may 8, 2017 ... only one country has built its own nukes, and then given them up. ... that we have  broken those bombs down, that we can account for every ... south africa gave up  its weapons when the threat went away. ... wants a nuclear arsenal so badly  because he believes it'll protect him from suffering the same fate.
evidence_5: mar 20, 2014 ... in 1994, ukraine signed away its nuclear arsenal. now analysts debate whether  atomic weapons would have deterred russian ... "we gave up nuclear weapons  because of this agreement," he told usa today's larry copeland. ... between  large nuclear-armed powers or protecting weaker states against ...