As the war in Ukraine continues, after almost 1,000 days of fighting, authorities around the world fear one thing in particular: that the conflict will escalate to the point where nuclear power becomes a viable option. If Russia has already made the threat, Ukraine does not intend to let it happen.
This is, at least, what the British media outlet The Times suggests. Indeed, the newspaper affirmed that kyiv would be tempted to develop its own nuclear weapon in the event that the United States stopped financing kyiv and its army when the Trump administration took office. As a reminder, the president-elect is expected to come to power in January 2025.
Ukraine, on the nuclear path?
Accusations brushed aside by Ukraine. Indeed, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine affirmed on social networks that his country was particularly committed to respecting the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. He then added that Ukraine was not and would not work to develop a nuclear weapon usable for military purposes.
The Times, however, seems to persist, even going so far as to assure that kyiv could develop a bomb relatively similar to the one sent by the United States on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945, signing the surrender of the empire in this conflict. However, it is difficult to explain how the British newspaper arrived at this conclusion.
A think tank behind the rumor?
The Kyiv Post, an independent Ukrainian media outlet, nevertheless understands that the Times, in order to disseminate such information, would have relied on various reports, notably one recently published by the Center for Research, Conversion and Disarmament of the army. It is an unofficial think tank responsible for working on Ukrainian defense and the future of the country.
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