This article was originally published by Cassie B. at Natural News.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that he issued an ultimatum to former president Donald Trump, saying that his country will pursue nuclear weapons to defend itself if it is not accepted into NATO.
Speaking before the European Council in Brussels, he stated: “In a conversation with Donald Trump, I told him it comes to this.
“The outcome is either Ukraine will be a nuclear power — and that will be our protection — or we should have some kind of alliance. Other than NATO, today we don’t know of any effective alliances.”
However, he insisted that their preference is to join NATO, which he believes would provide Ukraine with a security guarantee for protection from Russia.
He added: “NATO countries today are not at war. NATO countries are not fighting. In NATO countries people are still alive. Thank God. That is why we choose NATO, not nuclear weapons.”
This stance is part of a “victory plan” that also includes Ukraine obtaining permission to employ longer-range missiles supplied by Western countries to strike military targets situated within Russia, which is something that many of Ukraine’s allies have been hesitant to allow so far.
The meeting reportedly took place late last month at Trump Tower. Trump told the media he “learned a lot” from Zelensky during their meeting and reiterated his belief that the war between Russia and Ukraine should have never happened; he vowed that he would “get it solved.”
Zelensky claims that Trump told him during the meeting that his ultimatum was a “fair argument,” but much of the world is likely to take a different view. Most won’t take kindly to what amounts to a desperate attempt at blackmail.
Zelensky pointed out that his country willingly gave up its
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