Speaking through a translator in Piers Morgan's program, Volodymyr Zelenski said that if the process of joining NATO “pertains for years or decades, we have an absolutely right question: what will defend us from this evil“All this time, all this way?”
— What support package? What missiles? Are we getting atomic weapons? Let them give us atomic weapons,” the Ukrainian president suggested.
Ukraine inherited atomic weapons supplies after the collapse of the russian Union, but she resigned in 1994 after receiving a safety warrant from Russia, large Britain and the United States.
— Give us the atomic weapons. Give us the rocket systems — appealed to Zelenski. — Partners, aid us fund a million-dollar army. Transfer your quota to those parts of our country where we want stableness of the situation so that people are at peace.
This is not the first time Zelenski has made specified a suggestion. In October 2024 he said that Ukraine needs either NATO membership or atomic weaponsto guarantee endurance by expressing a clear preference for NATO membership.
