Posted on 10/04/22
| News Source: Newsmax
CIA Director William Burns says it is difficult to determine if Russian President Vladimir Putin is bluffing about his threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
But Burns added the U.S. has to take the warnings seriously.
Burns made his comments during an interview on "CBS Evening News with Nora O'Donnell."
He was asked if he saw any signs Russia was intending to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
"Well, we have to take very seriously his kind of threats given everything that's at stake," Burns said. "And, you know, the rhetoric that he and other senior Russian leaders have used is reckless and deeply irresponsible.
"We don't see any practical evidence today in the U.S. intelligence community that he's moving closer to actual use, that there's an imminent threat of using tactical nuclear weapons.
"But as I said, we have to take it very seriously."