President Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin not to use chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine or there would be a “consequential” response from the United States.
The big picture: The Kremlin last week said that Russia would continue to wage its war in Ukraine until all its military goals have been achieved despite facing a rapidly advancing Ukrainian counter-offensive.
- In March, a Kremlin spokesperson said that Russia would only use nuclear weapons if there’s a “threat for existence” to the country and not due to the war with Ukraine.
- Last month, the UN warned that humanity is “one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation”
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