Biden Warns Of Nuclear “Armageddon” As Russia Faces Setbacks In Ukraine

Ukrainian forces pressed ahead with their counteroffensive to liberate Moscow-occupied territories, handing Russian forces a series of defeats that have prompted U.S. President Joe Biden to warn the threat of the Kremlin using nuclear weapons was the highest in six decades. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made thinly veiled threats to use his nuclear arsenal in Ukraine, and Biden told U.S. media on October 6 that Putin was "not joking." "We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since [the time of U.S. President John F.] Kennedy and the…