"Putin doesn't joke when he talks about the possible use of nuclear , chemical or biological weapons, because his army is in trouble ." These are the words of the American president, Joe Biden , who, speaking at an electoral event in New York, therefore launches a clear signal: the Russians are not bluffing .
Until now, the White House and the Pentagon had maintained a line of caution , not excluding Putin's use of tactical nuclear weapons but underlining that there were no concrete scenarios for alarm. Now the situation seems to have changed.
"For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have to face the threat of a bomb , especially if things continue in the direction we are going," he added. And again: “We are trying to understand what Putin has in store, if he will find a way out. How will he react when he realizes he has lost not only face but also power? We're dealing with a guy I know pretty well. He doesn't joke when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or chemical or biological weapons, because his army is doing very badly. And not that I think there is the ability to use an atomic tactical weapon, without ending up in Armageddon ”.
A nuclear risk, also evoked by Ukrainian President Zelensky: " Putin and his followers are preparing the Russians for a nuclear strike, " he said. The Russian president, he added, "is not afraid of a nuclear strike, he fears his people and his society: because only his people can take away his power".
Zelensky is also worried about the capture by the Russians of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: "All of us - he said at the EU summit in Prague - are on the verge of a nuclear disaster ".
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