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Editor's Note: The following story was published online by Russia Today, a Kremlin-funded information organization that has been criticized for its anti-Western and anti-Ukrainian propaganda.

The Ukrainian nationalist party UNA-UNSO, known for sending armed
volunteers to fight on the post-Soviet space, has announced in its
elections program that Ukraine needs nuclear weapons.

“In order to do something we need leverage as a state. We need to demand the restoration of the nuclear status of our country,” said Valery Bobrovich, chief of the headquarters of the Ukrainian Nationalist Assembly – Ukrainian People’s Self-Defense. The politician added that Ukraine has no future without nuclear weapons.

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