U.S. officials are suggesting that Biden consider restoring nuclear weapons to Ukraine.

The United States is making every effort to assist Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office. Several American officials are advising President Joe Biden to restore nuclear weapons to Ukraine.

 This was reported by The New York Times.

The launch of Russia's ballistic missile "Oreshnik" and the setbacks faced by Ukrainian forces have reignited discussions about new methods of military support for Ukraine and its future security framework ahead of Donald Trump's arrival at the White House.

According to NYT, American and European officials have proposed to Joe Biden to help return nuclear weapons "removed from Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union."

Officials believe that such a decision would serve as an immediate and powerful deterrent against Russia, but this move would be complicated and carry significant consequences.

Ukraine has the capability to create a nuclear bomb. The country would need a few months to develop a basic nuclear bomb if Donald Trump halts military assistance to Kyiv upon taking office as President of the United States. This was reported by The Times, referencing a document prepared for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense by Oleksiy Yizhak, head of the National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISS).

The document states that Ukraine could quickly develop nuclear weapons based on plutonium, utilizing technology similar to that used in the creation of the "Fat Man" bomb. This bomb was dropped by the United States on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

The report notes that creating similar weaponry "is not particularly complex after 80 years."

Currently, Ukraine lacks the capability to build and operate large-scale uranium enrichment facilities; therefore, as indicated in the report, it could utilize plutonium obtained from spent fuel rods at nuclear power plants.

"The estimated weight of plutonium available to Ukraine is around 7 tons. This is sufficient to create hundreds of warheads with a tactical yield of several kilotons," the document states.

The yield of one Ukrainian nuclear bomb would be about one-tenth that of the "Fat Man," according to the report: "This would be enough to destroy a Russian airbase or military, industrial, or logistical facility."

Interestingly, Joe Biden was one of a group of congressmen in 1991 who, at Mikhail Gorbachev's request, lobbied then-President George Bush on the issue of disarmament in Ukraine.