“We have no reason to adjust our strategic nuclear posture, especially since we have no indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons imminently,” Karin Jean-Pierre, a spokeswoman for US President Joe Biden, said on Friday. as quoted by AFP. and Agerpress.

This clarification from spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre came after Joe Biden’s statements raised concerns about the possibility of a nuclear conflict.

The leader of the White House said that for the first time since the end of the Cold War, humanity faced the risk of a nuclear “Armageddon”, that is, a nuclear apocalypse, recalling the situation during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

Biden also noted that his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin is “not kidding” when he threatens to use nuclear weapons. The Russian Foreign Ministry later accused Joe Biden of “fake news” because of his statements.

Vladimir Putin: the nuclear threat is not a “bluff”

Asked if this rather alarming tone was based on information received from the US, a White House spokeswoman said no, the statement was made to the press aboard the plane that was taking Joe Biden on a trip northwest of Washington.

In his speech on September 21, in which he announced the mobilization of 300,000 reservists to reinforce the troops participating in the aggression against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West (meaning mainly the United States) that, in addition to military and financial support for Kyiv , forced the latter to stop negotiations with Moscow and that they aim to “weaken, divide and destroy Russia.”

“The West has crossed all limits in its aggressive anti-Russian policy. Those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind can change in their direction,” the Russian president added.

“We will definitely use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people,” he vowed, alluding to nuclear weapons, insisting it was “not a bluff.”

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