Biden Says Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ Risk Highest Since ’62 Crisis'

U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday night that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as the Kremlin officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the eight-month invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking at a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Biden said Vladimir Putin was “a guy I know fairly well” and the Russian leader was “not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons.”

Biden went on adding, “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis" and that the threat from Putin is real “because his military is — you might say — significantly underperforming.”

Biden also challenged Russian nuclear doctrine, warning that the use of a lower-yield tactical weapon could quickly spiral out of control into global destruction.

Alex Raufoglu

Washington D.C