Biden Warns Direct NATO-Russia Conflict Would Set off “World Struggle 3”

We is not going to struggle a conflict in opposition to Russia in Ukraine, mentioned Biden.

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 frightening Moscow into “World Struggle III.”

Biden reacted after Russia accused Ukraine and america of growing organic and chemical weapons — in what Western nations says is a ruse to put the bottom for Moscow’s personal attainable 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 substances,” Biden mentioned as he introduced a raft of recent sanctions in opposition to 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.

The US, 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 conflict in opposition to Russia in Ukraine. Direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World Struggle III — one thing we should attempt to forestall,” Biden mentioned.

In 2018, Moscow accused america 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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