The Russian Federation directly warned about the consequences in case of an attempt to arrange “Armageddon”.
The United States takes Russia's threats to use nuclear weapons seriously weapons, but do not see the need to change their position on the nuclear deterrence of the aggressor, stated Deputy Spokesman of the State Department Vedant Patel.
The day before, US President Joe Biden made a sharp statement with a statement in which he indicated that the actions of the Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin are capable of “provoking Armageddon”.
In Biden's opinion, Putin may resort to the use of biological, chemical or nuclear weapons against the background of defeats armies on the battlefield. However, there are still no signs that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, Patel noted at a briefing on October 7.
“The USA directly warned the Russian Federation about the catastrophic consequences if they decide to use nuclear weapons,” Patel added. strike and increasing pressure on the aggressor as a means of deterring Russia's nuclear blackmail.
Patel emphasized that the US (which also has nuclear weapons – ed.) will refrain from direct confrontation with Russia until the country itself or its allies are attacked. Also, the United States will not send its soldiers to the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Note that when talking about allies, the deputy spokesman probably means the US allies in the North Atlantic Alliance and the countries with the status of the main US ally outside NATO. Ukraine is planning to join the Alliance, so it did not receive the status of OSP.
The United States remains our main strategic partner, and supports Ukraine in the war with military, financial, diplomatic assistance, etc. American volunteers also take part in the battles for Ukraine.
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