Zelenskyy’s nuclear weapons demand is ‘madness’ Kremlin says

The Kremlin on Wednesday described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s demand for nuclear weapons as “bordering on madness.”

Speaking to journalists in the Russian capital Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov criticized the notion that Ukraine should be provided with nuclear arms in sufficient quantity to deter Russia.

“Such statements and remarks, in general, border on madness. There is a non-proliferation regime for nuclear weapons, among other things,” Peskov said.

Zelenskyy said in an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan late Tuesday that Kyiv should be given nuclear weapons to ensure its security if Ukraine’s NATO membership process takes too long.

He questioned what guarantees Ukraine would have if NATO accession remains uncertain, saying: “Will they give us nuclear weapons? Let them give us nuclear weapons.”

“Will they give us enough missiles to stop Russia, which I doubt? But this (giving nuclear weapons) will help,” he added.


Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza

Peskov also commented on US President Donald Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza, saying that the Kremlin has taken note of his remarks.


“Yes, we have heard Mr. Trump’s statements on this matter,” Peskov said. “We have also seen and heard statements from Amman and Cairo rejecting this idea.”

He added that Russia is looking at what is happening in the Middle East.

During a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Tuesday, Trump said that the US “will take over” Gaza after relocating Palestinians elsewhere under a redevelopment plan that he claimed could turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”

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