"We have the materials and we have the knowledge. It will take us a couple of weeks to get the first bomb", Ukraine considers rebuilding nuclear weapons

Ukraine is seriously considering the possibility of restoring nuclear weapons. This is reported by Bild with reference to a source.

“We have the materials, we have the knowledge. If there is an order, it will only take us a few weeks to get the first bomb,” said a Ukrainian official.

And Western countries should think less about Russia’s red lines and much more about Ukraine’s red lines.

According to analyst Julian Repke, a condition for restoring the nuclear weapons Ukraine has surrendered could be a second attempt by the Russian Federation to go after Kyiv.

  • Fosheze@lemmy.worldEnglish
    73·
    2 months ago

    Exactly. That treaty was already violated. So there is no longer any treaty preventing them from becomming a nuclear power again.

    • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
      31·
      2 months ago

      I’m surprised it took them this long to even threaten the idea, although it could simply be that they already built some weapons to have a stockpile before the announcement. I can totally see Putin thinking “oh they only have one bomb, that’s an acceptable loss to stop them from building more before we have another MAD stalemate.”