Washington considers any increase in the risk of a nuclear conflict between Western countries and Russia extremely dangerous. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this in an interview with the Financial Times (FT).
According to him, US President Joe Biden's administration is "extremely concerned" by Moscow's nuclear rhetoric, believing that Russian President Vladimir Putin may consider the possibility of using nuclear weapons.
The FT story did not specify a specific time period, but earlier, US CIA director William Burns claimed that in the autumn of 2022 "there was a real risk of possible use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia".
"Even if that probability went from 5% to 15% when it comes to nuclear weapons, there's just nothing more serious," Blinken told the publication, adding that Beijing's policies likely helped reduce the likelihood of nuclear weapons being used. the threat.
