Joe Biden warns the world faces ‘Armageddon’ and Putin’s nuke threats are ‘deadly serious’
US President Joe Biden warns that the world is facing the prospect of an ‘Armageddon’ for the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, saying that Vladimir Putin is ‘deadly serious’ about using tactical nuclear weapons.
Mr Biden said he had ‘got to know’ the Russian leader ‘pretty well’ and that he is ‘not joking’ when he speaks about using weapons of mass destruction after suffering setbacks in the war.
Speaking at a fundraising event for the Democrats inside the New York house of James Murdoch, the son of Rupert, his ‘off camera’ comments were overheard by journalists.
It comes after fears that Putin is backed into a corner and could use nukes to regain power after suffering setbacks on the battlefield.
Biden said: “We’ve got a guy I know fairly well, he’s not joking when he talks ...