HL Deb 10 March 1994 vol 552 c17WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

To whom, for the purposes of international negotiation, they consider that nuclear weapons stationed in Ukraine belong.

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)

We consider that the Russian Federation, which has taken on the responsibilities of the ex-Soviet Union as a Nuclear Weapons State for the purposes of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, is the owner of the nuclear weapons stationed in Ukraine.