Ukraine-Russia war, USA: “Putin is nuclear? We know how to defend ourselves”

“We remain confident in our ability to defend ourselves, our allies and our partners.” The Pentagon, through the words of an official, commented on the order given by President Vladimir Putin to the Armed Forces to put nuclear deterrence forces on maximum alert while Russia is at war with Ukraine. The US, added the official – quoted by the American media – is trying to understand what the announcement of the Russian leader means in “tangible terms”. Putin’s decision, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told ABC, is part of the Kremlin’s strategy of unprovoked escalation and “fabricated threats”. It is, she adds, “a pattern that we have seen from President Putin during this conflict, which is to fabricate threats that do not exist to justify further aggression and the global community and the American people should look at you through this. prism”. Faced with this pattern, Psaki assured, “we have the ability to defend ourselves, but we must also respond to what we see from President Putin”.
Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed strong concern over the Russian president’s announcement. The announcement demonstrates the “gravity” of the situation, said Stoltenberg joined by the BBC.