U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield warned on Sunday that the U.S. will "reply aggressively" if Russia makes use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
"We have been clear, in the event that they escalate to this stage, we'll reply aggressively to what they're doing," she stated throughout an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper on State of the Union. "You've got seen the results up to now of our actions in opposition to Russia and in opposition to Putin, and they're feeling these penalties, and they're going to really feel extra in the event that they take this unlucky resolution to make use of chemical weapons."
Her remarks come because the U.S., NATO, and Ukraine expressed their considerations a couple of attainable Russian false flag operation that might justify their use of chemical weapons within the Japanese European nation.
"The Russians got here to the Safety Council on Friday with the spurious accusations that the U.S. was supporting Ukraine's chemical weapons packages. And I am not going to present that any extra amplification right here. What we see taking place is, once more, it is a false flag effort by the Russians," she stated.
The U.N. Ambassador additional defined that the Russians are "advancing what they could intend to" earlier than they might probably use chemical weapons.
"We have seen that occur earlier than. They're those who've used chemical weapons. They used them in Syria. They've used chemical weapons in opposition to their very own folks. And we're involved that they might use chemical weapons in Ukraine," she added.
Republican Wyoming Consultant Liz Cheney additionally warned on Sunday in opposition to penalties that Russia may face if "brutality" will increase in Ukraine.
Throughout an interview on NBC Information' Meet the Press, co-host Chuck Todd requested Cheney if there may be "a crimson line in your thoughts for whether or not NATO ought to a minimum of intervene to guard civilians in some type in Ukraine" if chemical weapons had been used.
"I believe that it ought to be, Chuck," she responded. "And I believe that we within the west, the US and NATO, we have to cease telling the Russians what we cannot do. We should be very clear that we're contemplating all choices, that using chemical weapons is definitely one thing that might alter our calculations."
"They usually [Russia] want to grasp that if the brutality right here will increase, the US will ponder and contemplate each attainable vary of actions together with our NATO allies," she added.
Cheney continued: "I believe it is necessary that they know that we'll ponder altering the calculation by way of humanitarian challenges and the humanitarian devastation the Ukrainian individuals are dealing with."
On March 9, the U.S. warned in opposition to using chemical weapons in Ukraine after Russia alleged that the U.S. has secret organic weapons within the Japanese European nation.
"Now that Russia has made these false claims, and China has seemingly endorsed this propaganda, we must always all be looking out for Russia to presumably use chemical or organic weapons in Ukraine, or to create a false flag operation utilizing them. It is a clear sample," White Home press secretary Jen Psaki stated in a collection of tweets.
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