Blinken reported direct contact with Russia due to «nuclear threats»

Go to Media Bank US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 26The U.S. has been in direct contact with Russia over «sounding threats» to use nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told CBS. he said. Earlier, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke about such contacts. The head of the State Department also clarified that Washington has developed a plan of action in case Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine. =»0.5625″ data-crop-width=»600″ data-crop-height=»338″ data-source-sid=»rian_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async «sizes=» (min-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw» src=» :image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=» https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/153244/73/1532447334_0:160:3072:1888_640x0_80_0_0_9fb519a4c0346f38915b2924ab6ce527.jpg 640w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/153244/73/1532447334_0:160 :3072:1888_1280x0_80_0_0_bab717020a48ab076638a0ba51e3630f.jpg 1280w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/153244/73/1532447334_0:160:3072:1888_1920x0_80_0_0_eb307337fa3aa66f2bb09469987bcf79.jpg 1920w»>The White House told how they monitor Russia's nuclear powerThe Americans publicly threaten Russia with «catastrophic» consequences for it and promise a decisive rebuff, but refuse to go into details. This week, in an address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that the West had crossed every line in its anti-Russian policy, as well as constant threats against the country. Now, as the head of state stressed, nuclear blackmail is being used. At the same time, he recalled that Russia is superior in some components to foreign military equipment, and warned those trying to threaten with nuclear weapons that «the wind rose can turn in their direction.»«Pure water dictatorship.» Russia issues a verdict on the United States and its alliesIn his speech, Putin said that Moscow would support the results of the referendums taking place in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, as well as in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, and stressed that if the territorial integrity of Russia is threatened, Russia will use all available means to protect.Earlier Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov drew attention to the «very significant» risks of a nuclear war, but at the same time emphasized that Moscow's principled position is that such weapons should not be used.«It's not a bluff»: world send ran to Putin