President Joe Biden on Monday said that Americans should not fear the prospect of a nuclear war with Russia as White House officials indicated that the United States hasn’t changed the status of its nuclear forces. The comments come after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that he would ready his country’s strategic defense forces, which oversee some of Russia’s nuclear arsenal. While attending an event Monday, Biden was asked by a reporter if Americans should be worried about nuclear war. Biden simply responded with “No.” Putin, a day earlier, said the move to increase the readiness of the nuclear forces was done after the United States, the European Union, and other nations imposed punishing sanctions and other penalties against Russia’s leadership. On Monday, the Kremlin raised the specter of nuclear war, with officials announcing that Russia’s nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarines, and long-range bombers had all been put on …