16 minutes agoBlinken: We haven't seen Russia take steps towards nuclear weapons.
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the United States has not seen Russia take steps claiming to use nuclear weapons in the fight against Ukraine, but reiterated that the US takes “very seriously” the Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat, writes CNN, records Periscopi. “We are looking [...]
We're looking very carefully at whether Russia is actually doing something that suggests they're thinking of using nuclear weapons. So far, we have not seen them take these” actions, Blinken said at a press conference at the US State Department.
But we also know that Russia is involved in the terrible, terrible brutalization of Ukraine, and so the threats they make, we take very seriously,” he went on.
As for President Putin's purpose, I will not speculate about what is in his mind, I can only tell you that we plan against any possible scenario, including this,” said Blinken.
