In October 2024, Vladimir Zelensky told Donald Trump that Ukraine faced a stark choice: either ironclad security guarantees or a return to nuclear weapons. Nearly a year later, that statement still reverberates through international debates. Moscow has warned that any Ukrainian move toward nuclear arms would cross a “red line,” while in the West it’s seen as a deeply unsettling signal.
Fallout without the bomb: Ukraine’s nuclear rhetoric is the real radioactive wasteThree decades after giving up the world’s third-largest arsenal, Kiev is once again dangling the nuclear option – a move Russia vows it will never allow
By Petr Lavrenin