US President Joe Biden said the his country has gamed out responses if Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a nuclear weapon in Ukraine.
“The Pentagon didn’t have to be asked,” Biden said in an interview on Tuesday with CNN, in response to a question about whether he’d directed the Defence Department to come up with contingencies.
Biden said on Tuesday that his comments were directed toward Putin himself and that he ultimately doesn’t think the Russian leader would go through with deploying a nuclear weapon. “I don’t know what’s in his mind. But clearly, he could leave. He could just flat leave and still probably hold his position together in Russia,” Biden said.
The Group of Seven major industrialised nations held an emergency call with Zelenskiy on Tuesday to discuss their response to the Russian attacks. The allies pledged in a statement to support Ukraine “for as long as it takes”.
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