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For: EFE Updated 15 Apr 2022, 18: 21 pm EDT
The director of the CIA, William Burns, assured that the United States should not “take lightly” the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, given the complications they have encountered in their military offensive in the country.
“Given the potential desperation of (Russian) President Putin and Russian leaders, given the setbacks they have encountered militarily , no one can take lightly the threat posed by the possibility of resorting to tactical or low-power nuclear weapons
“, assured Burns after a speech he offered at a Georgia State University.
The head of the CIA pointed out, however, that they have not seen evidence that Russia is preparing to use this type of missiles.
They’ve been trying to destroy us for 54 days, but the 🇺🇦 people are heroically resisting. We fear nothing, we know what we’re fighting for. We are brave enough to put an end to evil. Stop feeding the 🇷🇺 military machine. Help 🇺🇦 with weapons. Then peace & good will win faster. pic.twitter.com/WdDbZsvZ4e
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 10,
“Although we have seen rhetorical positions on the part of the Kremlin around increasing its level of nuclear alert, we have not observed much tangible evidence of these types of deployments to support these concerns,” he added.
William Burns made reference to some previous statements by Vladimir Putin, in which he assured that he was going to put his nuclear weapons system on alert. Likewise, Russia warned that it could transfer nuclear weapons to the Baltic Sea region if Finland and Sweden joined NATO.
EE.UU. has pointed out that Russia might use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, but these public comments by William Burns are to date the most explicit by the US on the Kremlin’s use of nuclear weapons in its invasion of Ukraine.
In his speech in Georgia, Burns also stated that the president Joe Biden is trying to prevent a third world war from breaking out, which has led Washington to avoid closing Ukrainian airspace or rejecting plans to Poland to transfer fighter planes to Ukraine.
However, Joe Biden announced a military aid package to Ukraine valued at 800 million dollars, which includes for the first time, since the beginning of the invasion in the past 14 February, 18 Cannons Howitzers of 155 millimeters with 40, ammunition; to which are added 10 anti-artillery radars type AN/TPQ-36 and two air surveillance AN/MPQ-54. EFE
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