What follows is a machine translation of the full text of the Feb. 24 statement issued by the Press Bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service on Anglo-French preparations to provide the Kiev regime with some kind of nuclear capability, as it appeared on the SVR website:
London and Paris Are Preparing To Arm Kyiv with a Nuclear Bomb
Press Bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service
February 24, 2026
The Press Bureau of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service reports that, according to information received by the SVR, Great Britain and France recognize that the current situation in Ukraine leaves no chance of achieving their much-desired victory over Russia at the hands of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, the British and French elites are not prepared to accept defeat. They believe Ukraine needs to be equipped with “Wunderwaffe.” Kyiv would be able to secure more favorable terms for ending the hostilities if it possessed a nuclear bomb, or at least a so-called “dirty bomb.” Berlin wisely declined to participate in this dangerous adventure.
Currently, according to information available to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, London and Paris are actively working to resolve the issue of providing Kyiv with such weapons and their delivery systems. This involves the covert transfer of European components, equipment, and technologies to Ukraine. The French TN75 small-size warhead from the M51.1 submarine-launched ballistic missile is being considered as an option.
The British and French recognize that their plans constitute a gross violation of international law, primarily the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and are fraught with the risk of destroying the global non-proliferation system. Therefore, the Westerners are focusing their efforts on making Kyiv’s acquisition of nuclear weapons appear to be the result of Ukrainian development.
Such extremely dangerous plans by London and Paris demonstrate their loss of a sense of reality. They are futilely hoping to avoid responsibility. Moreover, all that is secret will inevitably be revealed. There are many sensible people in the military, political, and diplomatic circles of Great Britain and France who understand the danger their leaders’ reckless actions pose to the entire world.
