United States President Joe Biden said tonight (between Thursday and Friday) that the risk of nuclear war is at the highest level since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, which almost ended in such a war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
In the background of the president's words are statements by Russian officials who talk about the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons due to Moscow's significant losses in the fighting in Ukraine.
Biden, who spoke during a fundraising event for the Democratic Party in New York, emphasized in his speech that he "knows Putin pretty well" and explained that "Putin was not joking when he talked about using nuclear, biological or chemical weapons": "I'm trying to understand what Putin's escape point is "Where is his origin?", asked the American president.
"We haven't faced the danger of Armageddon since Kennedy," he added.
Putin and Defense Minister Hugo.
Will they dare to use nuclear weapons?, Photo: AP
They fear Putin
Just last week, it was published on CNN that according to American officials, the chance of Putin using nuclear weapons is perhaps the highest since the start of the invasion, but is still unlikely.
The American intelligence community in particular and the Western intelligence community in general closely monitor the Russian nuclear systems to detect early signs of increased danger.
According to sources who spoke with CNN, the threat has certainly increased compared to the beginning of the year.
Senior Russian officials have not ruled out the use of nuclear weapons in recent months, and the Americans sent messages to Moscow through secret channels lest they dare to do so.
What is a tactical nuclear weapon?
Tactical nuclear weapons - known by the technical term TNW - differ from strategic nuclear weapons mainly in their power in the form of unguided bombs, short-range missiles, artillery and more, all of which have the option of carrying nuclear warheads.
However, their power today is even more destructive than those dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
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