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Dec 7, 2022 · Despite Moscow's unfounded claims to the contrary, Ukraine does not have any nuclear weapons, having indeed given them up in 1994 under an agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum.
Oct 2, 2022 · Three more reactors were still under construction. And they'd also inherited the world's third-largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. But what might have been Ukraine's biggest asset quickly became...
Feb 21, 2022 · Anatolii Stepanov. / AFP via Getty Images. Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen walk past a metal plate that reads "caution mines" on the front line with Russia-backed separatists. Three decades ago, the newly independent country of Ukraine was briefly the third-largest nuclear power in the world.
Mar 21, 2022 · Advertisement. The Smaller Bombs That Could Turn Ukraine Into a Nuclear War Zone. Military experts say a new generation of nuclear weapons has raised the risk that Mr. Putin might...
Jun 20, 2022 · Updated at 11:30 a.m. ET on June 21, 2022. The 12th Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense operates a dozen central storage facilities for nuclear weapons. Known as “Object S” sites...
Feb 28, 2022 · Many though have interpreted the move primarily as a form of public signalling, rather than indicating a real intent to use such weapons, which Putin knows will bring nuclear retaliation by the West.
Feb 6, 2024 · Two nuclear facilities have come under the control of Russian armed forces: the Chornobyl nuclear power plant site, between 24 February and 31 March 2022, and the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on 4 March 2022, which currently remains under Russian Federation control.
