US President Donald Trump repeatedly said that he wants to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world. The provision of such weapons to Ukraine can be said "

De Jure in the world, only five countries have nuclear weapons in their arsenal (USA, Russia, Great Britain, France, China), but de facto adds Pakistan, India, Israel and some other countries..

" We just do not all accept that India and Pakistan, most likely, have nuclear weapons. They do not officially declare it. And Israel, too, most likely has a nuclear weapon. But de jure is not recognized, ”said Filipenko.

She suggested that Trump could include in negotiations on strategic stability and other countries besides China and the Russian Federation.

" In such a configuration, we can even talk about the provision of truly nuclear weapons to Ukraine. But this is within the framework of the completely unexpected turns of the Trump administration, ”the political scientist noted.

In her opinion, applications for the possibility of providing nuclear weapons to Ukraine are not aimed that Kyiv does not fight so much for the place in NATO. The option of our country's entry into the alliance is still being discussed.

" In general, and this signal in general, in fact, is mainly a signal that we are in the new world, we are in a new situation, we are in a new, absolutely new reality. And this is the main thing that this is the main signal, not even in the sense of pressure on Russia, ”said Filipenko.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Highs stated that the United States does not exclude the probability of providing Ukraine with nuclear weapons. This will depend on the decision of US President Donald Trump.