24.03.2022, 22:08
Zitat:Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat who heads the Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday that if Mr. Putin used a weapon of mass destruction — chemical, biological or nuclear — “there would be consequences” even if the weapon’s use was confined to Ukraine. Mr. Reed said radiation from a nuclear weapon, for instance, could waft into a neighboring NATO country and be considered an attack on a NATO member
Zitat:A senior administration official said any use of a “small” tactical nuclear bomb by Russia — even inside Ukraine and not directed at a NATO member — would mean that “all bets are off” on the United States and NATO staying out of the war. But when pushed, the official declined to lay out the responses under discussion.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/po...ticleShare
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Bisher sind die Äußerungen zur möglichen Reaktion der NATO sehr zurückhaltend. Mal sehen, ob das in den nächsten Stunden noch konkreter wird.
Edit: Auch Biden bleibt vage:
Zitat:On the prospect of Russia using chemical weapons amid the invasion of Ukraine, Biden said only that “we would respond.” The President did not offer more specifics, saying only that “the nature of the response would depend on the nature of use."https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news...ac0a50d810