The US has quietly cautioned Russia about the repercussions of using nuclear weapons.
Authorities claim that the United States has been subtly warning the Kremlin about the consequences of using a nuclear weapon in their conflict with Ukraine for months.
According to unnamed sources who spoke to The Washington Post, the White House intentionally avoided stating what those repercussions would be to raise anxiety among Russian leaders, a tactic known as "strategic ambiguity" in nuclear deterrence.
In an interview with CBS's "60 minutes" on Sunday, President Biden emphasized his opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to deploy nuclear weapons and urged him not to "alter the face of war."
“Don’t. Don’t. Don’t. When host Scott Pelley asked for a message to Putin on WMDs, Biden responded, "You will transform the face of war unlike anything since World War II.
The U.S. response to Russian nuclear weapons use, Biden continued, "would depend on the extent
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Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev stoked fears about Russia’s possible use of weapons when he announced on Thursday that the country would be willing to use “strategic nuclear weapons” to protect itself.
“The protection of all joined territories will be significantly strengthened by the Russian Armed Forces,” wrote Medvedev on Telegram.
“Russia announced that not only mobilization capabilities but also any Russian weapons, including strategic nuclear weapons and weapons based on new principles, could be used for such protection.”
In an article, Ukrainian Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander in chief of the country’s armed forces, and Lt. Gen. Mykhailo Zabrodskyi predicted earlier this month that nuclear war was a “threat.”
“It is hard to imagine that even nuclear strikes will allow Russia to break Ukraine’s will to resist,” the two wrote for state news outlet Ukrinform.
“But the threat that will emerge for the whole of Europe cannot be ignored.”
The pair encouraged Ukraine’s Western allies to employ their “entire arsenal of means” to prevent the possibility of nuclear war.
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