{"id":4484,"date":"2026-03-28T12:24:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:18:45","slug":"ukraine-needs-nukes-as-security-guarantee-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/ukraine-needs-nukes-as-security-guarantee-zelensky\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine needs nukes as security guarantee \u2013 Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moscow has said it will not allow Kiev to possess nuclear arms under any circumstances<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vladimir Zelensky has demanded that Kiev\u2019s Western backers either admit Kiev to NATO or supply it with nuclear weapons, arguing that nothing less can protect Ukraine against a nuclear-armed Russia.<\/p>\n

In an interview with French newspaper Le Monde on Friday, Zelensky lashed out at Ukraine\u2019s critics, who he said did not believe in Kiev\u2019s ultimate victory over Russia due to Moscow\u2019s nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u201dWhen everyone says that Ukraine will not win this war because Russia is a nuclear power, then tell me, what do you think, what security guarantees should Ukraine have to oppose it? Which? NATO? Nuclear weapons? Well then, people should speak with us in the same way,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

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He admitted, though, that \u201cuntil now, no one has asked us that question,\u201d<\/em> adding that he found \u201castonishing\u201d<\/em> the fact that \u201cno one is talking about Russia, at least in the same terms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Zelensky\u2019s comments came after he told Reuters earlier this week that Washington\u2019s post-war security guarantees were contingent on Kiev withdrawing from the parts of Russia\u2019s Donbass it still occupies. Donbass, along with two other former Ukrainian regions, overwhelmingly voted to join Russia in 2022, and Moscow has insisted that Kiev\u2019s full withdrawal from the territory was a key condition for a sustainable peace.<\/p>\n

However, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back against Zelensky, accusing him of telling a \u201clie.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI saw him say that, and it\u2019s unfortunate he would say that, because he knows that’s not true and that\u2019s not what he was told,\u201d<\/em> Rubio stated.<\/p>\n

\u201dWhat he was told is the obvious: security guarantees are not going to kick in until there\u2019s an end to a war, because otherwise you\u2019re getting yourself involved in the war.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Zelensky has, on numerous occasions, denied that Ukraine was seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However, he told Sky News last month that he would accept nuclear weapons from Britain and France \u201cwith pleasure, but I didn\u2019t have propositions,\u201d<\/em> as he responded to Moscow\u2019s accusation that London and Paris had plans to secretly arm Ukraine with atomic capabilities.<\/p>\n

Russia has repeatedly said it would not allow Ukraine to acquire nuclear weapons under any circumstances. Moscow has also suggested that Zelensky\u2019s openness to getting his hands on nuclear weapons before the escalation of the conflict in 2022 was one of the reasons for the start of the hostilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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