The United States says it has privately warned Russia of ‘catastrophic’ consequences if it goes nuclear in Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine.
Top US officials have confirmed that the Russian Government has been told that using nuclear weapons is a red line, amid growing unease about escalating tensions.
Referenda on whether to annex parts of Ukraine – widely condemned as a farce by the international community – have added to concerns – since experts fear it could allow the Russian leader to claim his country is under attack if Ukrainian forces try to retake those areas. ‘We have been very clear with the Russians publicly, and, as well as privately, to stop the loose talk about nuclear weapons,’ he told the CBS News program ‘60 Minutes’.
Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, said in a separate interview yesterday that the US’s warnings came at ‘very high levels’ and underlined the ‘catastrophic consequences’ of using nuclear arms.Sullivan told CBS’s ‘Face the Nation’: ‘We have been clear and specific about what that will entail.
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