A Ukrainian diplomat has reportedly warned Kyiv may be forced to acquire nuclear weapons to safeguard the country’s security if NATO does not accede to its membership demand amid spiralling tensions with neighbouring Russia.
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Al Jazeera: Ukraine may seek nuclear weapons if left out of NATO
A worker cuts the nose off Ukraine’s last Tupolev‑22M3, know in the West as “Backfire,” near Poltava on Jan. 27, 2006. The Soviet-made strategic aircraft was able to carry nuclear weapons but was part of the arsenal destroyed in Ukraine’s international agreement to surrender its nuclear weapons.
