The Ukrainian government has officially denied reports in the British newspaper The Times that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration is considering developing nuclear weapons if the new US administration withdraws its military support for Ukraine.
“Ukraine remains committed to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. We do not have, are not developing, and do not plan to acquire nuclear weapons,” said the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Heorhiy Tykhyi, in a comment on the X platform (formerly Twitter).
According to him, Ukraine closely cooperates with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and adheres to full transparency in matters related to the use of nuclear materials, which excludes the possibility of their use for military purposes.
These speculations arose after Zelenskyy said at a press conference in October that during a meeting with Donald Trump during his election campaign, the possibility of developing nuclear weapons as an alternative to Ukraine’s accession to NATO was discussed.
According to a document obtained by The Times, Ukraine could theoretically build a primitive nuclear bomb in less than a few months. The size of this weapon, as noted, would be ten times smaller than the bomb that the United States dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
According to the British newspaper, this plan could be implemented if Trump, as suggested by some members of his entourage, decides to suspend military aid to Ukraine.
