by M Dowling,Independent Sentinel:

According to Reuters, Russia accused Ukraine on Tuesday of trying to obtain a nuclear weapon with help from Britain and France, an allegation Kyiv called an absurd lie.

A French foreign ministry spokesperson said the allegation was “blatant disinformation”. A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, “There’s no truth to this.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has previously criticized Kyiv’s decision to give up its former Soviet nuclear arsenal in the 1990s without obtaining proper, binding security guarantees. But Kyiv has said it does not seek to reacquire nuclear weapons and respects all international treaties.

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Russia claims this is from an intelligence report that the UK and France are preparing to arm Ukraine with nuclear weapons or at least the components and fissile material needed to make it appear as if Ukraine developed a nuclear capability of its own. The goal is allegedly to give Zelensky leverage for a “favorable” peace deal by giving the perception that Ukraine possesses nuclear weapons, possibly including a dirty bomb.

Hopefully, the UK and France are telling the truth, but they aren’t the most competent. This allegation aligns with past comments they have made that their strategy is to keep Ukraine fighting rather than seeking peace. On the other hand, Russia could be making this up.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi has dismissed the accusations, calling them “absurd,”Reuters reported.

“There is no truth in this,” a U.K. defense official told the Kyiv Independent. “Four years into a war he thought he would win in a week, this is a desperate attempt by Putin to distract from his failures.”

Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, gave a chilling response on Feb. 24. He is Putin’s mouthpiece, saying things Putin can’t easily say. Medvedev said Russia would use tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine, France, and the U.K. should the latter two countries provide Kyiv with nuclear weapons technology.

Source: SGT Report