United States issues a “catastrophic” warning to Putin on nuclear weapons

United States issues a “catastrophic” warning to Putin on nuclear weapons

National Security Advisor for the United States Jake Sullivan stated that should Russia deploy nuclear weapons against Ukraine, the United States would respond swiftly.

According to Sullivan, Washington has explained to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would experience.

Following Vladimir Putin’s veiled nuclear threat last Wednesday in a speech in which he also declared his nation’s first wartime military mobilization since World War Two, his comments were the most recent American warning.

Sullivan told NBC’s meet the press programme that “if Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia. United States will respond decisively.

In his remarks on Sunday, Sullivan said the United States had privately “spelled out in greater detail exactly what that would imply” to Moscow, but he did not elaborate on the nature of the intended U.S. reaction.

He claims that the United States and Russia have been in regular touch, particularly over the past few days, to talk about the situation in Ukraine and Putin’s actions and threats.

President of the United States Joe Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of making “overt nuclear threats against Europe” in an address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

In order to acquire land that Russian forces captured during their February invasion of Ukraine, Russia also held a referendum in four eastern Ukrainian provinces.

The referendums, according to Ukraine and its allies, were a fraud intended to justify a war escalation and Putin’s mobilization push following recent battlefield defeats.

According to experts, Moscow might use the annexation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia as a threat to Ukraine and its Western supporters by portraying attempts to recapture them as an attack on Russia.

However, after suffering setbacks on the battlefield, Putin was mobilizing 300,000 troops while also threatening to use “all available means” to protect Russia.

“This is not a bluff,” Putin said in the remarks viewed on the world stage as a threat on the potential use of nuclear weapons.

Sullivan added that “Putin remains intent on wiping out the Ukraine people that he does not believe have a right to exist.

“So he’s going to keep coming and we have to keep coming with weapons, ammunition, intelligence and all the support we can provide.” (Reuters/NAN)