Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the hints by the Ukrainian leadership regarding the possible production of nuclear weapons as a “dangerous provocation.” He said any step in this direction would “provoke an appropriate response.” Putin made these remarks during a conversation with journalists from the so-called BRICS countries in Moscow. While acknowledging that it is not difficult to produce nuclear weapons in the modern world, he expressed doubt about Ukraine’s capabilities to do so. He said, “I don’t know if Ukraine is currently capable of this. For Ukraine today, it is not so…