from RT:
Moscow would never allow Kiev to acquire an atomic bomb, the Russian president has said
Moscow will never allow Kiev to acquire nuclear weapons and any attempt to do this would be met with an appropriate reaction, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that Kiev will need either atomic weapons or NATO membership to ensure its security. He rejected media reports that Kiev stood ready to produce an atomic bomb at short notice, saying that the nuclear discussions were only meant to imply there was no alternative to the US-led military bloc.
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“This is another provocation,” Putin said on Friday at a press conference for media from BRICS countries in Moscow. “This is a dangerous provocation because, obviously, any step in this direction will be met with an appropriate reaction.”
Ukraine’s political leadership repeatedly expressed a desire for nuclear weapons, “even before the crisis turned hot,” the Russian president noted.
Making nuclear weapons in this day and age is “not that difficult,” Putin argued. He added, however, that he does not “know if Ukraine is capable of achieving this,” and that acquiring a nuclear arsenal “would not be that simple for Ukraine in its current state.”
Asked whether another country, such as the UK, could secretly provide Ukraine with atomic weapons, Putin said it would be “impossible to hide,” and that Moscow is “capable of tracking down any movement in this direction.”
