“We haven’t faced an approaching Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis,” Biden said. The US president warns that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is not joking” if he threatens to use nuclear weapons in the battle in Ukraine.
“How do you get out of this position?”
“His army is underperforming,” Biden says. “Where does Putin find a way out? How can he get out of this position without losing face and without Russia significantly losing power?”
The US president made unusually strong statements at a Democratic fundraising event at the home of James Murdoch, the son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.
Putin no longer has many tastes
How do experts see the nuclear threat? At the end of September, RTL Nieuws asked defense expert Rob de Wijk. He then said: “I think there is a real possibility that Putin will use nuclear weapons,” said defense expert Rob de Wijk.
But why? “It could be months before the new troops arrive. Meanwhile, his army is vulnerable. Putin has run out of taste, and that’s the whole problem.”
Mart de Kruif supports him in the September 22 article. “What worries me is that there is something panic in Putin’s statements. And panic often indicates that you are not in control of everything. A cornered cat can make very strange jumps.”
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel also warned of the Russian threat. In a ceremony to mark the 77th anniversary of the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, she said that “all words should be taken seriously at the moment and cannot be immediately dismissed as ‘bluff'”, referring to Putin’s nuclear rhetoric.
According to Merkel, peace in Europe can only be achieved with the involvement of Russia. “Until we succeed, the Cold War is not really over,” said the 68-year-old retired politician.
