President Joe Biden issued a dire warning about the escalating nuclear dilemma in Russia Thursday night, saying the country's president, Vladimir Putin, is "not joking" when he talks about potentially using the weapons. MORE: New nuclear threats raise risk from a 'cornered Putin': ExpertsThe president said he knows Putin “fairly well” and has spent “a fair amount of time with him” and warned that Putin is serious. “He is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons, or biological, or chemical weapons because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming.”“There’s a lot at stake,” Biden said. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently called for Putin to stop his "reckless nuclear threats" during an address to the U.N. Security Council. Biden warns Putin is 'not joking' about nuclear weapons originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News October 08, 2022 00:34 UTC