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Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned in an interview with CNN host Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday there are "real concerns" that Russia could use a chemical weapon, "a weapon of mass destruction," in Ukraine.
"There’s a lot of bad loose talk and bluster," Blinken said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "At the same time, I have to tell you, we have real concerns that Russia could use a chemical weapon, another weapon of mass destruction. This is something we’re very focused on."
WOLF BLITZER, CNN: As the risk of miscalculation, though, grows, the U.N. secretary general says that the prospect of nuclear -- nuclear conflict is now, and I’m quoting him now, within the realm of possibility.
How real is the risk of this spiraling into nuclear war?
SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN: Well, President Biden has been very clear that one thing is for sure is that we’re going to avoid getting into any kind of conflict with Russia and certainly avoiding anything that brings us to World War III.
Some of Russia's loose talk about its nuclear weapons is the height of irresponsibility and goes against everything that we said, including that Russia said over many years, about how a nuclear war is not winnable, something that was reaffirmed as recently as the meeting between President Biden and Putin back in the summer in Geneva.
So, we watched this very, very carefully. There’s a lot of bad loose talk and bluster. At the same time, I have to tell you, we have real concerns that Russia could use a chemical weapon, another weapon of mass destruction. This is something we’re very focused on.
Unfortunately, we seen them use or acquiesce to its use before in Syria, with Syria using these weapons, using them itself, trying to assassinate its opponents, including in the United Kingdom. So, this is something we are very focused on.
BLITZER: Well, if they do use chemical weapons, what will the U.S. and NATO allies do?
BLINKEN: We’ve been very clear, including with Russia, with others, that there would be a very serious response, not just from us, but from the international community. I’m not going to spell it out here, but the consequences would be severe.
BLITZER: Russia is also targeting civilians. They're attacking hospitals, schools.
Why is the White House so far refusing to come right out and say what the Russians are doing right now, that that's a war crime?
BLINKEN: We are documenting everything we’re seeing. We welcome the efforts that are being made, including investigations conducted by NGOs and institutions to look at this, to put everything together, to determine whether the acts that Russia is engaged in would constitute a war crime.
We’re looking at whether there are deliberate attacks on civilians. There is certainly very credible reports and evidence of that, but what we’re doing is putting it altogether, documenting it, and the appropriate institutions will make that judgment.
