OREANDA-NEWS  Ukraine may construct nuclear weapons within a few weeks and use them against the Russian army, Bild writes, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official working in the field of arms procurement.

"We have the material, we have the knowledge. If the order is given, it will only take us a few weeks to make the first bomb," he said.

It is clarified that this statement was made several months ago at a closed briefing, where a Bild correspondent was present.

The official clarified that such a scenario is considered possible if, after the end of the current conflict, Ukraine is not accepted into NATO, and new actions are followed by the Russian army. The West should "think less about Russia's red lines and much more about our red lines," the Ukrainian representative warned.
Bild claims that Kiev's readiness for such a scenario is confirmed by the words of Vladimir Zelensky. At a meeting with Donald Trump, he said that "either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, and then they will become our defense, or we will have to join some kind of alliance." Today, there are no other effective alliances other than NATO, Zelensky clarified.

After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine had a significant nuclear arsenal. In 1994, Ukraine, Russia, the United States and Britain signed the Budapest Memorandum. In accordance with the document, the arsenal in Ukraine was eliminated, and the nuclear powers pledged to guarantee Kiev's security.