President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real", days after denouncing Russia's deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Biden called Putin's announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus "absolutely irresponsible".

President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is “real”, days after denouncing Russia’s deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Biden called Putin’s announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus “absolutely irresponsible”.

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    04·
    1 year ago

    If he uses any, the entire west needs to get involved directly. People cannot just throw nukes around because they are failing to win a war of conquest.

    • ArtemZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      04·
      1 year ago

      And what the entire west is going to do about it? Express deep concerns? Deliver 10 more outdated tanks to Ukraine?

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Deliver 10 more outdated tanks to Ukraine?

        Russia is fielding T-55 tanks onto battlefields in Ukraine. If that sets the baseline, then nothing the west has sent can be considered “outdated”.

        • ArtemZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
          04·
          1 year ago

          Totally irrelevant because:

          • Russians use them mostly as tactical utility vehicles for moving personel around.
          • Tank battles almost never happens in modern warfare
          • Russians still have more T90s than Ukraine has Leopards and T90 is a more advanced and better protected machine