U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that if Russia were to use chemical weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, the United States would respond.
“We would respond, we would respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use,” Biden said at a news conference in Brussels.
Biden said the issue was ‘raised today,’ when leaders also met on boosting sanctions on Russia and aiding Ukraine.
If Russia does remain, ‘We should in my view ask to have both Ukraine be able to attend the meetings as well,’ Biden said.
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Biden got asked how the U.S. would respond if Putin uses chemical weapons, as U.S. officials have warned he may be preparing to do.
‘We would respond if he uses it,’ Biden said. ‘The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use.’
Coming back at the issue later in his press conference, Biden said, ‘It would trigger response in kind.’
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‘Whether or not – you’re asking whether NATO would cross? We’d make that decision at the time,’ he continued.
Putin was banking on NATO being split. It was clear to me he didn’t think we could sustain this cohesion.
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