Overview
- The State Duma voted unanimously to adopt appeals urging inquiries by the UK and French parliaments, the European Parliament, the UN, and the German Bundestag.
- Russian lawmakers called for preventive measures and legal accountability over reported efforts to provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons or delivery systems.
- State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin alleged German Chancellor Friedrich Merz knew of related discussions but declined participation.
- Russia’s foreign intelligence service claimed the UK and France explored options including the French TN75 warhead, presenting the reports as active planning.
- The appeals warn of grave non-proliferation violations and the risk of nuclear escalation, while the underlying allegations remain unverified by Western authorities.