U.S. denies restoring nuclear arms to Ukraine amid tension
The National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, Jake Sullivan, strongly denied reports that the U.S. was considering restoring nuclear weapons to Ukraine. "This is not being considered, no," he stated in an interview with ABC.
7:31 AM EST, December 2, 2024
"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 stated.
His response was prompted by a question regarding an article in the "New York Times" from November. The newspaper, citing anonymous Western sources, suggested that U.S. President Joe Biden would want to provide nuclear weapons to Ukraine before the end of his term.
Russia on "total madness"
As reminded by the Reuters agency last week, Russia called the idea "total madness" and argued 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 state's collapse in 1991. However, Ukrainian authorities decided to relinquish the arsenal for security guarantees and the respect of the country's territorial integrity by Russia, the U.S., and the United Kingdom. This agreement was enshrined in the Budapest Memorandum, signed in 1994.
