Ukrainian General: Kyiv needs missiles that can strike Moscow
Ukrainian Lieutenant-General, a veteran of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine Vasyl Bogdan in an interview with the newspaper Obozrevatel said that Ukraine must develop and adopt missiles that can hit targets in Russia.
According to him, these missiles do not have to be equipped with nuclear weapons, but Kyiv should have a plan of creating such missiles.
"Ukraine is free to design and produce medium-range missiles that could reach the strategic points of the aggressor country - Russia. So, these missiles could reach both Moscow and St. Petersburg," he said.
Bogdan says that the reason for the creation of such weapons is the upcoming termination of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). The Lieutenant General is sure that "allies and partners in the Pro-Ukrainian coalition" can help Kyiv.
Since 1996, Ukraine has been among the countries that share the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Ukraine has stopped producing nuclear weapons after the collapse of the USSR.
In April, the former President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that Ukraine had developed a cruise missile with a range of more than 1 thousand km. According to him, its combat load is 150 kg.