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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Nandita Bose

Biden cites Cuban Missile Crisis in describing Putin's nuclear threat

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden makes remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments on the military conflict in Ukraine after delivering remarks on the federal response to Hurricane Ian at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 30, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons threatens to bring about the biggest such risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis, adding Washington was "trying to figure out" Putin's off-ramp.

The White House has said repeatedly that it has seen no indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons in despite what it calls Putin's "nuclear saber-rattling."

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