Biden Warns Direct NATO-Russia Clash Would Trigger “World War 3”

Washington:

US President Joe Biden on Friday vowed that Russia would pay a “extreme worth” if it used chemical weapons in Ukraine, whereas additionally pledging to keep away from upsetting Moscow into “World Battle III.”

Biden reacted after Russia accused Ukraine and the US of growing organic and chemical weapons — in what Western nations says is a ruse to put the bottom for Moscow’s personal potential use of them within the battle.

“I am not going to talk about the intelligence, however Russia would play a extreme worth in the event that they used chemical compounds,” Biden stated as he introduced a raft of recent sanctions towards Moscow.

On the request of Russia, the UN Safety Council is holding an emergency assembly Friday on the alleged manufacture of organic weapons in Ukraine.

Biden additionally moved Friday to finish regular commerce relations with Russia, additional racheting up strain on President Vladimir Putin after the bloody invasion of Ukraine.

America, like different Western nations, is sending thousands and thousands of {dollars} of weapons such anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, in addition to sharing intelligence.

However Biden once more underlined that US forces wouldn’t struggle in Ukraine, regardless of the determined pleas of many Ukrainians.

“We is not going to struggle a warfare towards Russia in Ukraine. Direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World Battle III — one thing we should try to stop,” Biden stated.

In 2018, Moscow accused the US of secretly conducting organic weapons experiments in a laboratory in Georgia, one other former Soviet republic that, like Ukraine, has ambitions to affix NATO and the European Union.

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