Ukraine has responded to media reports about its purported plans to develop an atomic bomb, saying that it has no intention of acquiring nuclear weapons.
The Ukrainian foreign ministry was responding to reports on a briefing document, apparently prepared for the Ukrainian defence ministry, detailing how Kyiv could develop a rudimentary atomic bomb if the US withdraws its military assistance.
“Ukraine is committed to the NPT (the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons); we do not possess, develop or intend to acquire nuclear weapons,” foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said on X.
Earlier, the head of Ukrainian national security warned that Vladimir Putin’s forces are ready to launch a “massive” missile attack on Ukraine targeting its civilian infrastructure ahead of the onset of winter.
And in occupied Crimea, a senior Russian naval officer has been killed in a bomb attack claimed by Kyiv. According to a Kyiv security source, the bomb attack in Sevastopol was a Ukrainian hit on one of its highest-ranking targets to date.
Source: The Independent