US dismisses nuclear arms return to Ukraine as 'not considered'
The US President's National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, strongly denied reports that the United States was considering reintroducing nuclear weapons to Ukraine. "This is not being considered, no," he stated in an interview with ABC.
"This is not being considered, no. We are sending Ukraine various types of conventional weapons so it can effectively defend itself and fight against Russia, but not nuclear capabilities," Sullivan asserted.
His reaction was in response to a question regarding an article in the "New York Times" from November. The newspaper, citing anonymous Western sources, suggested that US President Joe Biden will, before the end of his term, want to provide nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
Russia on "total madness"
As reminded by Reuters, Russia called this idea "total madness" last week, arguing that it decided to send troops to Ukraine to prevent such scenarios.
Kyiv was in possession of part of the Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal, which it inherited after the collapse of the state in 1991. However, the Ukrainian authorities decided to relinquish the arsenal in exchange for security guarantees and respect for the country's territorial integrity by Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. This agreement was enshrined in the Budapest Memorandum, which was concluded in 1994.
