Сreation of nuclear bomb in Ukraine will not significantly change situation on front - Zelenskyy's Office
Photo: Mykhailo Podolyak, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Ukraine has no intention of creating a nuclear bomb, as this is not a decision that could significantly change the situation on the frontlines, states Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the head of the President's Office, in a comment to the RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel.
"If this was truly a decision that could definitively change what is happening on the frontlines, then despite all the legal and reputational difficulties, one could consider it. But this is not the decision that would give us significant changes along the front," Podolyak emphasized.
According to him, changes on the front will come from having enough weaponry, particularly long-range weapons, as well as permission to strike deeper into Russia.
"This will definitely bring changes on the front. And for that, we need investment support for military production and direct supply of weapons that are already in stock," the advisor to the head of the President’s Office added.
Rumors about the creation of a nuclear bomb in Ukraine
Yesterday, The Times reported that if US assistance were to cease, Ukraine could develop a nuclear bomb within a few months.
According to the journalists, an analytical note on the creation of a nuclear bomb was allegedly prepared for Ukraine's Ministry of Defense.
The note supposedly stated that Ukraine could use plutonium extracted from spent nuclear fuel rods, which are used in Ukrainian nuclear reactors, to create a nuclear bomb.
The amount of plutonium that Ukraine possesses "could be enough for hundreds of warheads."
Later, Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs refuted this information, emphasizing that Ukraine has no intention of developing nuclear weapons. It will continue to uphold the provisions of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
