Ukraine Could Rebuild Nuclear Arsenal after Clinton, Obama Disarmed It [Video]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country needs NATO so it does not have to rely on nuclear weapons for protection, after former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama helped disarm Kyiv.

This week saw Zelensky discuss how, 30 years ago, Ukraine agreed to give up the Soviet nuclear weapons stored in the country, when it signed the 1994 Budapest Memorandum in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the U.K. and the U.S.

At the European Council summit in Brussels on Thursday, Zelensky said: “Which of these major nuclear powers suffered? All of them? No. Ukraine (did).

“Who gave up nuclear weapons? All of them? No. Ukraine. Who is fighting today? Ukraine. Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons and that will be our protection or we should have some sort of alliance. Apart from NATO, today we do not know any effective alliances.”