The White House is preparing for Trump's inauguration: Ukraine can return nuclear weapons - NYT

Joe Baiden's administration focused on the help of Ukraine, providing long -awaited permits and highlighting a considerable package of assistance. However, Kyiv did not receive the main - security guarantees from the event. US Presidential Administration Joe Baiden is trying to squeeze the maximum assistance for Ukraine before the authorities move to the newly elected leader Donald Trump. There was even a proposal to return nuclear weapons to Ukraine.

This is stated in The New York Times from November 21. Biden allowed the use of ATACMS missiles to strikes in Russia, and the defense forces have already carried out such an attack on ammunition in the southwestern of the Russian Federation. In addition, Defense Minister Lloyd Austin also confirmed that Ukraine will receive US anti -personnel mines. The White House has declared $ 9 billion to help before Trump enters the president.

More than $ 7 billion in Washington Support Ukraine will receive in the form of weapons and ammunition from the Pentagon warehouses, another $ 2. 1 billion are allocated to the request of additional weapons from US defense contractors. It is noted that the new administration will theoretically suspend the supply. However, the representatives of the Pentagon are convinced that Trump will be difficult to do so if the help is already approved by Congress and the process will begin.

The Pentagon also declared the prohibition on the deployment of US military mercenaries in Ukraine to assist the Armed Forces in the service and repair of the weapons provided and repair, including F-16 and Patriot fighters. A small number of invited specialists will be far from the front line and will not participate in the battles. Contracts are planned to be concluded before Baiden.

According to unnamed US officials, American intelligence has appreciated the impact of all these decisions on the situation on the front in the short term as low. Ukraine sought security guarantees in the form of an invitation to NATO, but it was not possible to get it for Baiden's cadence. Western officials are discussed as a possible guarantee of the security of the arsenal accumulation. The Armed Forces is able to strike in the event of a truce from Russia.

Several officials have even assumed that Biden could return Ukraine to nuclear weapons removed after the collapse of the USSR. "It would be an instant and huge factor in restraint. But such a step will be difficult and will have serious consequences," the publication said. We will remind, on November 21 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the first time used to strike in Ukraine a ballistic missile of medium range "Oreshnik".