Statement of the White House Press Secretary
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Friday, A statement from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that the United States had no new information about Russia and nuclear weapons prior to President Biden’s “Armageddon” warning.
Biden warned on Thursday that the US was facing the “most likely possibility of an “Armageddon since the Kennedy and Cuban missile crises” after Russian President Vladimir Putin posed an indirect nuclear threat last month. Is.
What did he say:
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said “the president was speaking about concerns about Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons”.
“We see no reason to adjust our strategic nuclear posture,” he said. “Nor do we have any indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons any time soon.”
Flashback: Biden’s “Armageddon” remarks came after Putin promised the Russian public in late September to use all possible means to defend Russia.
On Thursday, Russia’s military launched a major attack on Zaporizhzhya, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, and fired seven missiles at residential buildings in Zaporizhzhya.
Biden said at a fundraiser on Thursday night that Putin is not joking. When he talks about the potential use of strategic nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. Because the performance of his army is not satisfactory.
“For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis, we are experiencing a direct threat of the use of a nuclear weapon. If indeed things continue the way they are going,” he said.
According to the Russian News Agency:
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Biden’s warning was “an appeal to start another world war with unexpected, monstrous consequences,” according to Reuters, a Russian state-owned news agency, RIA.
Biden thinks Putin could increase “the prospect of Armageddon” with nuclear weapons
