The deal saw Kyiv join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and receive security guarantees from great powers, namely the U.S., the U.K., and Russia."In my opinion, it should not have been done, based on the fact that we were attacked," Zelensky said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Foglio released on Jan. 27.Twenty years after signing the agreement, Russia launched a war against Ukraine, occupying Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine. Thirty years in, Russia is now actively conducting a full-scale offensive against Ukraine."It was necessary to exchange (nuclear arms) for real security guarantees, and then, it was only NATO. And to be honest, today, it is only NATO," Zelensky said.The Ukrainian president commented that Ukraine agreed to give up on nuclear arms under pressure from "larger economies" like the U.S.