The Russian government’s claims that Ukraine has biological and chemical weapons are false and show that Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering ordering the use of such weapons, US President Joe Biden said on Monday. for this.
Vladimir Putin “is with his back to the wall and is now talking about new pretexts being worked out, arguing that we in America have biological and chemical weapons in Europe,” which “is simply not true,” Joe Biden said during a debate. theoretically dedicated to issues of business interest.
The Russians also say that Ukraine has biological and chemical weapons (…). “This is a clear indication that (Vladimir Putin) is considering their use,” he added, a charge that has been repeated by officials in his government and in the governments of NATO member states.
The Russian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Russian Defense Ministry accused Kyiv, without presenting any evidence, of planning a chemical weapons attack against the Ukrainian people themselves and then blamed Moscow. On Monday, Russia accused “Ukrainian nationalists” of spilling ammonia at a fertilizer plant in Sumi.
Earlier this month, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s National Security Council, that there would be consequences if the Russian military used chemical or biological weapons in the war in Ukraine. The US presidency did not specify what those consequences would be.
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