Can Ukraine make nuclear weapons?
Last Updated: 25.06.2025 00:44
The recent statement by president Zelenskyy created quite a stir — the Ukrainian president said that to ensure its secure existence, Ukraine has only 2 options: to create its own nuclear weapons or to become a member of NATO.
If North Korea can do it, a former nuclear power that still has the scientists and engineers who built the Soviet nukes, can certainly do it.
In 1993, Ukraine had 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in the world.
CNBC Daily Open: Elon Musk's companies report positive developments amid his return to work - CNBC
Institute of Organic Chemistry
But they say that they are not doing it.
And Ukraine is the 10th largest Uranium producer on earth.
A number of nuclear research institutes involved in these projects are still operational in Ukraine, including:
Which he hadn’t.
One of the world’s poorest states, North Korea, reportedly possesses 50 locally built nuclear warheads.
Street Dog Who Fought to Survive by Eating Rocks and Dirt Has Us in Tears - PetHelpful
Institute of Nuclear Research
Ukraine had 1,272 nuclear warheads for intercontinental missiles.
A bit of history:
One Risk Of White Wine You’ve Never Heard Of, Research Reveals - MindBodyGreen
And they aren’t telling us how long would it take Ukraine to make its own NW.
After Zelenskyy’s speech yesterday, the Russian propaganda channels are absolutely hysterical, trying to prove — mouths foaming — that Ukraine is unable to build nuclear weapons.
Before the USSR collapsed, Ukraine fully participated in the Soviet nuclear program.
State Scientific and Technical Center for Nuclear and Radiation Safety in Kyiv
However, when asked, “How long would it take for Ukraine to build a nuclear bomb?,” at the joint press conference in Brussels with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, President Zelenskyy downplayed the issue, stating effectively:
In addition, Ukraine owned thousands of tactical nukes.
Jimmy Buffett's Wife Files to Remove Co-Trustee on $275 Million Estate - Variety
Kharkiv Physics and Technology Institute
A bit of stocktaking:
Zelensky said that he only spoke about Ukraine giving up nukes under the Budapest memorandum, in exchange to security guarantees — and still, Russia invaded Ukraine twice in the last 10 years.
What are the top 10 online courses for high-income AI skills in 2024?
Ukraine surrendered its nuclear arsenal to Russia, on “security guarantees” from the U.S. and U.K. Russia, too, vouched to guarantee Ukraine’s sovereignty and security.
Let me remind you of this guy:
“We have never said that we are preparing to create a nuclear weapon.”
“That means, that is not a very good umbrella for our security,” pointed Zelenskyy — this is why Ukraine needs NATO.
He only said that to live in safety, Ukraine either needs membership in NATO — or nukes. And that Ukraine wants to be in NATO, to be safe.
“But we don’t do nuclear weapons,” stated Zelenskyy, ending his answer, and asked the journalist who posed the question not to move” such messages.
So, here it is: yes, Ukraine could make nuclear weapons — if they wanted to.
There were 10 missile divisions with intercontinental nuclear missiles with a range of 11,000 km.
Institute of Condensed Matter Physics in Lviv.
Smell and sight can spot Parkinson’s disease years earlier, study finds - The Brighter Side of News