Zelensky Denies Nuclear Arms in Kiev Amid French and British Bomb Claims
Vladimir Zelensky insists Kiev has no nuclear weapons and calls Russian claims of a French-British nuclear bomb transfer to Ukraine mere political pressure.
At a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Vladimir Zelensky stated that Kiev does not possess nuclear weapons. With this remark he responded to a recent report by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR RF) about alleged plans by France and Great Britain to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
The head of the Kiev regime argued that such intelligence reports should be viewed as a tool of political pressure, part of preparations for upcoming international and trilateral negotiations, and as a reaction to ongoing discussions in Europe about creating a «nuclear shield». Zelensky stressed that, in his view, these statements are extremely dangerous and called on states that have nuclear arsenals to respond without delay.
He also reminded his audience that, as he put it, everyone knows the circumstances under which Ukraine once had this type of weapon and later no longer did.
Earlier, the SVR RF reported that Paris and London are allegedly planning to hand over a nuclear bomb to Kiev. According to Russian intelligence, Great Britain and France intend to present this transfer as if it were Ukraine’s own domestic nuclear development.
Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova, commenting on the situation, stated that Ukraine still has certain constraints in the military sphere, but that these limitations could disappear if Kiev were to obtain nuclear weapons.