{"id":1314588,"date":"2026-02-24T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1314588"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:06:10","slug":"united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK government has dismissed Russian claims that Britain and France intend to provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons,\u00a0UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an obvious attempt by Vladimir Putin<\/strong> to distract from his horrific actions in Ukraine. There is no truth in this whatsoever. You heard the Prime Minister this morning paying tribute to the incredible resilience of the Ukrainian people\u2026 We will continue our efforts to secure a just and lasting peace,\u201d a UK government spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The response came after Russia\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service accused the United Kingdom and France of allegedly planning to supply Ukraine with nuclear bombs or a so-called \u201cdirty bomb,\u201d without presenting any evidence.<\/p>\n

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev<\/strong> later claimed that if such steps were taken, Russia could use nuclear weapons against the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and France \u201cif necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statements come amid broader discussions in Europe about strengthening nuclear deterrence. Several European countries have publicly expressed interest in joining talks on creating a shared European nuclear deterrence framework.<\/p>\n

In recent speeches at the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz<\/strong> and French President Emmanuel Macron<\/strong> raised the issue of European nuclear deterrence. Macron in particular spoke about the need to \u201crethink nuclear deterrence,\u201d including in the context of conventional long-range weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK government has dismissed Russian claims that Britain and France intend …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1314326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1314588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUnited Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UK government has dismissed Russian claims that Britain and France intend ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T17:45:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9\"},\"headline\":\"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T17:45:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/\"},\"wordCount\":222,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\",\"News\",\"Economics\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/\",\"name\":\"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine - Freedom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T17:45:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750.jpg\",\"width\":1300,\"height\":750,\"caption\":\"Flag of Great Britain. Photo: pixabay.com\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Freedom\",\"description\":\"UATV - UA|TV - International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9\",\"name\":\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be326f54daaee9c2bb89c856737d446b181089aaf44371b44076fd3e4f1908de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be326f54daaee9c2bb89c856737d446b181089aaf44371b44076fd3e4f1908de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be326f54daaee9c2bb89c856737d446b181089aaf44371b44076fd3e4f1908de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\"},\"description\":\"+380\u00a095\u00a0790\u00a05215\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/author\/a-shramchenko\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine - Freedom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine - Freedom","og_description":"The UK government has dismissed Russian claims that Britain and France intend ...","og_url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/","og_site_name":"Freedom","article_published_time":"2026-02-24T17:45:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":820,"height":473,"url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750-820x473.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/"},"author":{"name":"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9"},"headline":"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine","datePublished":"2026-02-24T17:45:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/"},"wordCount":222,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750.jpg","keywords":["\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)"],"articleSection":["\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438","News","Economics","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/","name":"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine - Freedom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-24T17:45:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/uk_flag_1300x750.jpg","width":1300,"height":750,"caption":"Flag of Great Britain. Photo: pixabay.com"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/united-kingdom-rejects-russian-claims-about-supplying-nuclear-weapons-to-ukraine\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"United Kingdom Rejects Russian Claims About Supplying Nuclear Weapons to Ukraine"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/","name":"Freedom","description":"UATV - UA|TV - International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9","name":"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be326f54daaee9c2bb89c856737d446b181089aaf44371b44076fd3e4f1908de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be326f54daaee9c2bb89c856737d446b181089aaf44371b44076fd3e4f1908de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be326f54daaee9c2bb89c856737d446b181089aaf44371b44076fd3e4f1908de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e"},"description":"+380\u00a095\u00a0790\u00a05215","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/author\/a-shramchenko\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1314588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1314589,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314588\/revisions\/1314589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1314326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1314588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1314588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1314588"},{"taxonomy":"sources","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sources?post=1314588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}