Twenty years ago, Ukraine destroyed its last strategic bomber; a U.S.-funded program promoted nuclear weapons reduction.

[January 27: Exactly 20 years ago, Ukraine destroyed the last Tu-22M strategic bomber with U.S. financial support]

On January 27, 2006, the last Tu-22M strategic bomber in Ukraine was cut and dismantled at the Poltava Air Base. This action was part of the U.S.-funded "Cooperative Threat Reduction Program" (CTR), which required Ukraine to abandon its strategic nuclear weapons and destroy all nuclear weapon delivery systems.

On that day, Ukraine completed the destruction of 60 Tu-22M strategic bombers and 423 X-22 nuclear cruise missiles.

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