President Joe Biden said on Monday that Americans should not be afraid of the prospect of a nuclear war with Russia, as White House officials have shown that the United States has not changed its nuclear position.
Comments were made after Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that he would prepare his own strategic defense force to oversee some of Russia’s nuclear weapons.
While attending the event on Monday, Biden was asked by reporters if Americans should be worried about the nuclear war. Biden simply answered “no”.
Putin said the move to strengthen nuclear readiness came after the United States, the European Union, and other countries imposed penalties and other penalties on Russian leadership.
On Monday, Kremlin expressed concern about a nuclear war, and authorities announced that Russia’s nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines, and long-range bombers were all on alert at Putin’s orders over the weekend. Around the same time, Putin accused the United States and its allies of being a “lie empire.”
“We appreciate President Putin’s directives, and at this point we have no reason to change our own alert level,” Pusaki told reporters Monday. “Such provocative rhetoric about nuclear weapons is dangerous and should be avoided because it increases the risk of miscalculations, and we should not be content with it,” she added.
Saki also said the United States would not escalate rhetoric against Russia in light of the apparently rising nuclear threat.
“Even in the last few months and years, the United States and Russia have long agreed that the use of nuclear weapons has devastating consequences when there has been a serious disagreement with Russia on some issues. It’s important to remember that, “she commented.
Last weekend, some parliamentarians asked Ukraine to impose and enforce a no-fly zone. This means that US and NATO troops could attack Russian planes directly.
Saki also told reporters that the Biden administration and NATO have not considered no-fly zones and are “definitely escalating.”
Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, have also called on NATO to do so to allow Ukraine to “defeat the invaders with much less blood.”
Reflecting Biden’s statement in his speech on sanctions last week, Saki also reiterated that the United States would not send troops to Ukraine.
“We are not going to wage a military war between the U.S. military and Russia. He thinks it is extremely important, and above all, important to talk directly with the public about it,” the spokesman said. ..
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Jack Phillips is the latest news reporter for The Epoch Times, based in New York.