Ukraine appealed to Donald Trump, highlighting his strength as a leader, in hopes of securing continued U.S. support. President Zelenskiy congratulated Trump amid concerns over his criticism of military aid to Kyiv.
Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in 1996 following the Soviet Union's collapse. But Kyiv could still manufacture rudimentary nuclear weapons using plutonium. Follow Ukraine has enough plutonium to construct hundreds of nuclear warheads for rudimentary bombs akin to the first atomic weapons dropped on Japan by the US in 1945, a new report has revealed.
But Oleksii Yizhak, head of department at Ukraine's National Institute for Strategic Studies and author of the paper, said Kyiv could extract plutonium from its spent fuel rods at nuclear power plants to create a significant arsenal of dirty warheads. A mushroom cloud rises after an atomic bomb codenamed 'Fat Man' exploded after being dropped by a U.S. Army Air Force B-29 bomber over Nagasaki, Japan August 9, 1945
Zelensky later clarified he had meant there was no alternative security guarantee and Kyiv has since denied they are considering building a nuclear bomb. He has also said the invasion would never have happened if he had been in the White House and has criticised Biden's level of support for Ukraine, despite President Zelensky being adamantly against relinquishing territory to Russia.
Speaking to the former American President Donald Trump, 78, some weeks ago, the Ukrainian leader declared: 'Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, and then they will be our defence. The plans, which were outlined by three Trump staffers, would involve the zone being policed by British and European troops.
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