MOSCOW, 7 Oct. US President Joe Biden surprised his own national security staff by declaring a high risk of nuclear Armageddon in the world, writes The Telegraph columnist Nick Allen. As the author noted, his statement was a surprise for the administration of the head of state. After Biden's speech, White House officials rushed to reassure Americans and allies that the president had no new intelligence indicating that a nuclear war was imminent, the article says. » />Yesterday, 18:37The United States demanded that Biden «hit» Riyadh for a roll towards MoscowAccording to the columnist, this fragment of the speech was most likely spontaneous, it reflected the attitude of the US President to the issue. At the same time, according to Allen, advisers to the head of state would not want him to make such statements. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke via video link for the Lowy Institute in Australia. During his speech, he called on NATO to «rule out the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons.» To do this, according to him, the North Atlantic Alliance must «deliver a preemptive strike.» Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov stressed that all countries of the world, especially the United States, Great Britain and members of the European Union, should pay attention to Zelensky's statements. He called the statement of the head of the Ukrainian state a call to start a world war and recalled that in the event of such a conflict, the consequences would be monstrous and unpredictable. :52France sharply besieged Zelensky for «crazy statement» about Russia
