Ukraine Refutes BILD's Claims of Alleged Nuclear Weapons Development Plans

Ukraine officially refuted the insinuations of unnamed sources in the German BILD publication regarding Ukraine's alleged plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.

“Ukraine has been and remains a committed party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to which it acceded in 1994, having renounced the world's third most powerful military nuclear capability,” Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Heorhii Tykhyi, stated in an official press release.

He stressed that it is Russia that is engaging in nuclear blackmail and poses unacceptable threats to nuclear facilities in Ukraine by continuing the illegal occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

“Unlike Russia, Ukraine honors its obligations and counts on other responsible international actors to do the same. We call on the international community to unite in implementing the Peace Formula, particularly its first element—“Radiation and Nuclear Safety,” Tykhyi concluded.

Earlier on October 17, the German news outlet BILD reported that a senior Ukrainian official, reportedly specializing in weapons procurement, allegedly claimed that Ukraine could build a nuclear bomb within weeks during a closed-door meeting a few months ago.