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NEW YORK (7&WABC) — President Joe Biden is downplaying Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat of nuclear war. Putin announced he’s placed his country’s nuclear forces on a state of “special combat readiness.”
Today at the White House:@nancycordes: “Mr. President, should Americans be worried about nuclear war?”
President Biden: “No.” pic.twitter.com/D9aJBcU1qS
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 28, 2022
U.S. officials said Monday there is no need to change the country’s nuclear alert level. On Sunday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield called out Putin’s alert CBS’s Face the Nation.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told @FaceTheNation that Putin's escalating tactics in Ukraine are "totally unacceptable," shortly after the Russian president put the country's nuclear forces on alert. https://t.co/EJXeZXdUJf pic.twitter.com/7RRjGs0fUR
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 27, 2022
“President Putin is continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable, and we have to continue to condemn his actions in the strongest possible way,” she said. “Our voices have been unified with the Europeans and with the world that he needs to cease his aggressive actions toward Ukraine.”
Satellite imagery shows a 40-mile Russian military convoy marching towards the Ukraine capital of Kyiv.
Some Republican lawmakers are urging president Biden to consider implementing a no fly zone over Ukraine, however the administration has ruled that out.
