Pres. Biden's warning of possible 'Armageddon' wasn't about an imminent threat, a top Biden spokesperson said.
October 9, 2022, 12:16 PMNational Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Sept. 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C.The White House believes "the stakes are very high right now" with Russia amid Vladimir Putin's struggles in Ukraine and his references to his nuclear arsenal, but President Joe Biden'swasn't about an imminent threat, a top Biden spokesperson said Sunday.
Biden said then that Putin, the Russian president, was "not joking when he talks about the use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons" and that "we have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis" in the 1960s. National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Sept. 13, 2022 in Washington, D.C."We are monitoring this as best we can, and we have been monitoring his nuclear capabilities, frankly, since he invaded Ukraine back in February," Kirby said.
"Mr. Putin started this war and Mr. Putin could end it today, simply by moving his troops out of the country," Kirby said, adding, "We all want to see this war end. ... And what needs to happen is for the two sides to be able to sit down and negotiate and find a way out of this peacefully and diplomatically."
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