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submitted 4 weeks ago by rah@feddit.uk to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

Ukraine is seriously considering the possibility of restoring nuclear weapons. This is reported by Bild with reference to a source.

“We have the materials, we have the knowledge. If there is an order, it will only take us a few weeks to get the first bomb,” said a Ukrainian official.

And Western countries should think less about Russia’s red lines and much more about Ukraine’s red lines.

According to analyst Julian Repke, a condition for restoring the nuclear weapons Ukraine has surrendered could be a second attempt by the Russian Federation to go after Kyiv.

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[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 84 points 4 weeks ago

Exactly. That treaty was already violated. So there is no longer any treaty preventing them from becomming a nuclear power again.

[-] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 35 points 4 weeks ago

I'm surprised it took them this long to even threaten the idea, although it could simply be that they already built some weapons to have a stockpile before the announcement. I can totally see Putin thinking "oh they only have one bomb, that's an acceptable loss to stop them from building more before we have another MAD stalemate."

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