Biden Says Threat , of Putin Using Nuclear Weapons , Is 'Real'.<br />President Joe Biden made the comments during a donor event in CA.<br />When I was out here about two years ago saying I worried about the Colorado River drying up, everybody looked at me like I was crazy, U.S. President Joe Biden, via NBC News.<br />They looked at me like when I said I worry about Putin using tactical nuclear weapons, U.S. President Joe Biden, via NBC News.<br />It’s real, U.S. President Joe Biden, via NBC News.<br />Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in March that tactical nuclear weapons would be stationed in neighboring Belarus. .<br />Russian nuclear weapons have not been stationed outside of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union.<br />Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu recently spoke on Ukraine's use of long-range weapons supplied by the West.<br />He characterized such use as “full involvement of the United States and Great Britain in the conflict.”.<br />He went on to say <br />that this would incur <br />“immediate strikes on <br />decision-making centers <br />on the territory of Ukraine.”.<br />Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy remains defiant, continuing to highlight the army's successes.<br />We have no lost positions. Only liberated ones, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, <br />via NBC News.<br />They have only losses, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, <br />via NBC News.<br />The counter-offensive, however, continues to face a difficult way forward.<br />We must prepare for the fact that it will be a tough duel, Hanna Maliar, Defense Minister of Ukraine, <br />via NBC News
