The risk of nuclear Armageddon is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons, according to President Joe Biden.
The Russian leader was not joking when he talked about the use of nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons, according to Biden.
Since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, we haven't faced Armageddon. The threat from Putin is real because of his military's performance.
Biden's remarks marked the starkest warnings yet issued by the U.S. government about the nuclear stakes.
It wasn't clear if Biden was talking about a new assessment of Russian intentions. The alert posture of the U.S. nuclear forces has not changed despite the fact that Russia has not changed its nuclear forces.
The White House does not have reason to change their strategic nuclear posture or to think that Russia is about to use nuclear weapons.
Experts think the closest the world has ever come to nuclear destruction was the 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in 1962. During the Kennedy administration there was renewed focus on arms control on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Biden warned that the use of a lower-yield tactical weapon could lead to global destruction.
Biden does not believe there is a way to use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon.
He said he was still trying to figure out where Putin was going.
Where is he able to get out? "Do you want to?" Biden asked. Where does he find himself in a situation where he loses face and loses power in Russia?
Last month, when he announced plans to conscript Russian men to serve in Ukranian, Putin mentioned his country's nuclear arsenal.
When the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will use all the means at our disposal, according to Putin.
Jake Sullivan, a White House national security adviser, said last week that the U.S. has been clear to Russia about what consequences it would have if it used a nuclear weapon.
Sullivan said that the United States would have to respond in kind to Russia if they went down that path.
Zelenskyy said that Putin understood that the world wouldn't forgive a Russian nuclear strike.
Zelenskyy said that he was confident that he would be able to live after using nuclear weapons.
The Murdochs hosted a private event for Democratic Senate candidates at their home in New York. He tends to be more unguarded, speaking with just rough notes, in such settings, which are open only to a small group of reporters.
That's right.
Miller was in Washington
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