US President Joe Biden questioned by reportersUS President Joe Biden said on the 23rd (local time) that Russia’s potential use of chemical weapons “is a real threat.”
As President Biden left the White House this morning to head to Europe to discuss the Ukraine crisis with his allies, he answered a reporter’s question about how likely he was and how concerned he was about Russia’s use of chemical weapons.
The West, including the United States, are sounding warning bells every day, believing that Russia, which attacked Ukraine, could carry out extreme attacks such as biological and chemical weapons when it met with difficulties and setbacks to its original target due to strong resistance from Ukraine.
At an event on the 21st, President Biden said, “Russian President Vladimir Putin is at a corner and is talking about a new ‘fake flag operation’, claiming that we have biological as well as chemical weapons in Europe.” Concerned.
He added that there are clear signs that Putin is trying to use chemical and biological weapons.
The fake flag operation is a military operation in which the opponent pretends to have attacked first and uses it as an excuse to attack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address to the Japanese National Assembly on the same day that he had received reports that Russia was preparing an attack using chemical weapons such as sarin.
Moreover, there is speculation that Putin may have opened up the possibility of a nuclear attack by ordering the reinforcement of the vigilance posture of the nuclear weapons-operating units early on.
When asked about a message from Europe to world leaders, Biden said, “I’ll do it when I get there,” but declined to comment on specifics.
US President Joe Biden heading to EuropePresident Biden arrived in Brussels, Belgium, where the NATO headquarters is on the same day, and attended the NATO summit, the G7 summit, and the European Union (EU) summit on the 24th in succession to respond to Russia and improve Discuss ways to support Ukraine.
He will also visit Poland, one of the front lines of NATO. The White House, however, has said that Biden is not visiting Ukraine.
Biden’s trip to Europe will be the first since the Ukraine crisis.
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