Biden Says Russian Use of a Nuclear Weapon Would Be a ‘Serious Mistake’

WASHINGTON — President Biden renewed his warning to President Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday that it would be an “incredibly serious mistake” to use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, reflecting the increasingly urgent concern in Washington and among Western allies that Russia may be searching for a pretext to unleash such a weapon.
Mr. Biden said that he was still uncertain if Russia was trying to put together a “false flag operation” in which it would detonate a dirty bomb and blame the Ukrainians. A dirty bomb is not a nuclear weapon, but an improvised device that uses conventional explosives to spread radioactive material.

Chechen leader Kadyrov vows to conquer all of Ukraine

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov declared all of Ukraine to be Russian territory and vowed to conquer it.
The announcement was made in a video posted on Telegram, which was translated by Trukha News. In an attached text, Kadyrov called for a Jihad against Western “Satanism,” citing their

UN Security Council discusses Russia ‘dirty bomb’ claim

The Security Council met behind closed doors to discuss Moscow’s claim, first made public Sunday, that it believed Ukraine would explode a crude nuclear device in the war zone and blame Russian forces for it.
“We think it’s a very serious danger,” Russia’s deputy UN Ambassador Dimitry Polyanskiy said after the meeting.