Biden Says Threat of Putin Using Nuclear Weapons Is 'Real'

Biden Says Threat , of Putin Using Nuclear Weapons , Is 'Real'.

President Joe Biden made the comments during a donor event in CA.

When I was out here about two years ago saying I worried about the Colorado River drying up, everybody looked at me like I was crazy, U.S. President Joe Biden, via NBC News.

They looked at me like when I said I worry about Putin using tactical nuclear weapons, U.S. President Joe Biden, via NBC News.

It’s real, U.S. President Joe Biden, via NBC News.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in March that tactical nuclear weapons would be stationed in neighboring Belarus.

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Russian nuclear weapons have not been stationed outside of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union.

Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu recently spoke on Ukraine's use of long-range weapons supplied by the West.

He characterized such use as “full involvement of the United States and Great Britain in the conflict.”.

He went on to say that this would incur “immediate strikes on decision-making centers on the territory of Ukraine.”.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains defiant, continuing to highlight the army's successes.

We have no lost positions.

Only liberated ones, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, via NBC News.

They have only losses, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, via NBC News.

The counter-offensive, however, continues to face a difficult way forward.

We must prepare for the fact that it will be a tough duel, Hanna Maliar, Defense Minister of Ukraine, via NBC News