The United States is not considering returning to Ukraine the nuclear weapons it gave up after the Soviet Union collapsed, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday. Sullivan made his remarks when questioned about a New York Times article last month that said some unidentified Western officials had suggested U.

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has denied reports that the Biden administration is open to returning nuclear weapons to Ukraine, saying that

Providing Ukraine with nuclear weapons, which it willingly gave up in the early 1990s, is not considered part of the United States' military support efforts. Source: Jake Sullivan, US National Security Advisor,