00:25What if the war in Ukraine
00:27just crossed into nuclear territory?
00:30In a shocking claim,
00:32Russia's foreign intelligence service, the SVR,
00:35has accused the UK and France
00:37of secretly working to arm Ukraine with nuclear weapons.
00:41Yes, nuclear weapons.
00:43Let's break down what's being alleged
00:45and why this could dramatically raise global tensions.
00:49According to the SVR,
00:51London and France believe that
00:53if Ukraine possessed a nuclear weapon
00:55or even a so-called dirty bomb,
00:58Kiev would gain stronger leverage
01:00in ending the war on more favorable terms.
01:03The statement claims,
01:05Britain and France are discussing ways
01:07to provide nuclear-related components and technology,
01:10the effort would be covert,
01:12and the goal would be to make it appear
01:15as if Ukraine developed the weapon itself.
01:18Russia says this would violate the Treaty
01:21on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
01:23potentially undermining
01:25the global non-proliferation system.
01:27The SVR even named a specific warhead,
01:31France's TN-75,
01:33which is associated with the M-51 missile system.
01:36That's a major allegation,
01:39because we're not talking about vague materials,
01:41we're talking about strategic nuclear warhead technology.
01:45Germany, according to the Russian statement,
01:48has refused to participate
01:49in what Moscow calls a dangerous adventure.
01:52The accusations didn't stop there.
01:55Russia's upper chamber of parliament,
01:58the Federation Council,
01:59has urged lawmakers in the UK and France
02:02and international organizations
02:04to investigate the claims.
02:06Meanwhile, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev
02:09issued a sharp warning.
02:11He stated that if the UK and France
02:14were to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine,
02:16Russia would have the right to respond symmetrically.
02:20That phrase, symmetric response,
02:22is diplomatic language
02:24that could imply nuclear retaliation.
02:26So far, there has been no public confirmation
02:29from the UK or France
02:31supporting these allegations.
02:33No evidence has been presented publicly.
02:35And given the enormous consequences
02:38of nuclear proliferation,
02:40this would represent a historic
02:41and highly risky shift in Western policy,
02:44if true.
02:46If nuclear weapons were introduced
02:48into the Ukraine conflict,
02:50the risk of direct NATO-Russia confrontation
02:53would skyrocket,
02:54the global non-proliferation regime
02:56could be severely damaged,
02:58and the escalation could spiral
03:00beyond regional control.
03:02Even the allegation alone increases tension,
03:06because nuclear rhetoric
03:07changes strategic calculations overnight.
03:10Is this an intelligence warning,
03:12political messaging,
03:13or preparation for further escalation?
03:16Right now, the world is left with claims,
03:19denials, and rising rhetoric.
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