{"id":349040,"date":"2025-11-27T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=349040"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:23:46","slug":"will-ukraine-restore-its-nuclear-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/will-ukraine-restore-its-nuclear-potential","title":{"rendered":"Will Ukraine restore its nuclear potential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>Should Ukraine restore its nuclear status and is it realistic to return its own nuclear potential? Experts analyze how close Russia was to using tactical nuclear weapons, whether it is capable of getting involved in a nuclear race with the United States, and what real threat its nuclear blackmail poses to the world and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public event \u201cThe Nuclear Factor in the Russian-Ukrainian War, Ukraine\u2019s Security Guarantees and Global Security\u201d. Organizer: Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Valeriy CHALIY \u2013 Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States (2015\u20132019).<\/li><li>Oleh SHAMSHUR \u2013 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States (2005\u20132010) and France (2015\u20132020).<\/li><li>Oleksiy MELNYK \u2013 Co-Director of Foreign Policy and International Security Programs at the Razumkov Center (to be announced later)<\/li><li>Oleksiy GARAN \u2013 Scientific Advisor to the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Professor of Political Science at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.<\/li><li>Mariya ZOLKINA \u2013 Head of the Regional Security and Conflict Studies Department at the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Research Fellow at the London School of Economics (online).<\/li><li>Moderator: Taras ZHOVTENKO \u2013 Acting Executive Director, Security Analyst of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should Ukraine restore its nuclear status and is it realistic to return its own nuclear potential? 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