United States National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby told ABC News on Wednesday, in an interview, that Washington is taking Russian President Vladimir Putin's latest remarks regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons "seriously."
"It’s irresponsible rhetoric for nuclear power to talk that way. But it’s not atypical for how he’s been talking the last seven months," Kirby underlined.
Kirby stressed that the US is closely monitoring Moscow's "strategic posture so that, if we have to, we can alter ours [but] we have seen no indications that that is required now." The US official underlined that there will be "severe consequences" if Russia opts to use nuclear arms.
