The Biden administration’s “private warnings” to Moscow about the consequences of using nukes

For months, the US has been sending “private messages” to Moscow warning the Russian leadership of the dire consequences of using a nuclear weapon, according to US officials, who told the Washington Post that the messages underscored what the president Joe Biden and his collaborators have also formulated publicly.

The Biden administration has generally decided to keep warnings about the consequences of a nuclear strike deliberately vague so the Kremlin worries about how Washington might react, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe the sensitive deliberations. .

At the same time, the State Department engaged in “private communications” with Moscow, but officials did not say who carried the messages or what they contained. It is also unclear whether the US sent any new messages to the Kremlin afterwards Putin’s last speech, in which he again resorted to nuclear threats.

Yesterday the nuclear threats continued from Moscow, with former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stating that any weapons in Moscow’s arsenal, including strategic nuclear weaponscan be used to defend Ukrainian territories that will be incorporated into Russia.

Medvedev, the vice president of Russia’s Security Council, said the referendums, which are being organized by Russian-appointed administrations and separatist authorities in large Russian-held parts of Ukrainian territory, would take place and that there was “no going back.”

“Nuclear war is impossible to win and should not be launched,” he said a few 24 hours ago US President Joe Biden in his speech at the UN General Assembly.

“We will not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons,” he continued, calling Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons a “dangerous defiance” of its nonproliferation responsibilities.

The US president also blamed his Russia Vladimir Putin that he “brazenly violated” the founding principles of the United Nations Charter.

“This war destroys her right Ukrainian to exist, very simply,” said the American president, denouncing the invasion of a permanent member of the UN Security Council in his neighbor.