Could Ukraine Really Get the Bomb?
Simon Whistler · October 28, 2024 · 14 min video
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Amid all the news emanating from Ukraine, you'd be forgiven for having already forgotten President Zelensky's bombshell announcement, on Thursday, October 17, the Ukrainian leader spoke at the European Council Summit in Brussels.
His marks covered a lot of ground, but the standard quote was this, "Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, and that will be our protection, or we shall have some sort of alliance. Apart from NATO, today we do not know any effective alliances." In other words, it seems a whole lot of people like Zelensky was threatening to acquire the bomb.
Now, to be clear, these comments were later rode back, with the official Ukrainian position being that Zelensky was merely emphasizing how much Kiev needs NATO. In his words, "We are not building nuclear weapons. What I meant is that today there is no stronger security guarantee for us besides NATO membership." Nor did the story stay in headlines for long.
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