US President Joe Biden skeptically reacted to the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin that he did not intend to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
On the eve of Putin said that he was not going to use nuclear weapons during the war with Ukraine. “We do not need a nuclear blow to Ukraine, it makes no sense – neither political nor military,” said the Russian leader at the Valdai forum. He also noted that he never spoke anything “initiative” about the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia. “
“If he has no intentions, why does he continue to talk about it? Why does he talk about the ability to use tactical nuclear weapons?” – asked Biden in an interview with Newsnation, adding that Putin can end all this.
In an interview with CNN, the coordinator of strategic communications in the National Security Council of the White House John Kirby said that Russia could consider using a “dirty bomb” and creates an excuse to blame Ukraine for this. At the same time, Kirby noted that Washington has not yet seen any signs of this.