The United States does not “take lightly” the possibility that Russia could seek to use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine as Moscow continues to face difficulties on the battlefield, CIA Director Bill Burns said Thursday.

"Given the potential desperation of President Putin and the Russian leadership, given the setbacks that they've faced so far militarily, none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low yield nuclear weapons,” he said in public remarks at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The CIA “watch[es] for that very intently,” Burns said. But he emphasized that the US has yet to see any signs that Russia is preparing to take such a step.

"While we've seen some rhetorical posturing on the part of the Kremlin about moving to higher nuclear alert levels, so far we haven't seen a lot of practical evidence of the kind of deployments or military dispositions that would reinforce that concern—but we watch for that very intently,” Burns said.

Still, in the same remarks, Burns warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin has become increasingly isolated and his "risk appetite has grown as his grip on Russia has tightened.”

“His circle of advisors has narrowed and in that small circle it has never been career-enhancing to question his judgment or his stubborn, almost mystical belief that his destiny is to restore Russia's sphere of influence,” Burns said.

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-14-22/h_312213803972ddfd3de6696c16f4d172

ThEGodFaThEr129:
Let him go ahead and use it, that will spell his doom.
Putin can't defeat the rest of the world.

layycon:
Make he use am na. Let him lunch one and see how many nukes he gets

Ruggedniggaone:
shut up!putin is not fighting the rest of the world he is only dealing with terrorist America that want to turn every countries to thier slave.putin will use tactical nuke on Ukraine if terrorist America keep supplying them weapons and there nothing America or thier slave EU can do than their ineffective and useless sanction which they have started feeling the heat than the Russians they sanctioned

ThEGodFaThEr129:

Mind your utterances.

Ruggedniggaone:
are you mad or something?

ThEGodFaThEr129:

E go be like film for ya eyes when men go smoke you out like a rabbit in that little hole you call an apartment and show you pepper.

ThEGodFaThEr129:
Let him go ahead and use it, that will spell his doom.
Putin can't defeat the rest of the world.