The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) weighed in on recent warnings made by Russian officials regarding the use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict.
“We have to take very seriously [any] kind of threats, given everything that’s at stake,” CIA Director William Burns told CBS News this week.
But Burns noted that “we don’t see any practical evidence today in the U.S. intelligence community that [Moscow] is moving closer to actual use” of nuclear weapons. There is also no “imminent threat of using tactical nuclear weapons” in the months-long Ukraine war, he added.
Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested in a speech that all weapons in Russia’s arsenal could be used if Russia’s territory is threatened….