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Biden warns Russia any nuclear attack would be 'incredibly serious mistake'

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access at the White House, Washington, DC, October 4, 2022. Oliver Contreras pool, EPA-EFE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/10/25/20221025-biden.jpg"/><figcaption>Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access at the White House, Washington, DC, October 4, 2022. <em>Oliver Contreras pool, EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>US President Joe Biden warned Russia on Tuesday against using a nuclear weapon in the war with Ukraine, saying such an escalation would be a grave error.</p><p>Asked by reporters whether he thinks Russia is preparing a &quot;dirty bomb&quot; attack that it would then blame on Ukraine, Biden said: &quot;Russia would be making an incredibly serious mistake were it to use a tactical nuclear weapon.&quot;</p><p>Russia has repeatedly warned that Ukraine could use a so-called dirty bomb on its own territory.</p><p>This is a conventional bomb laced with radioactive, biological or chemical materials which get disseminated in an explosion.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/25/22/us-no-indication-russia-to-use-nukes-in-ukraine">US says no indication Russia has decided to use nukes in Ukraine</a></li></ul><p>The US and its allies suspect Russia might itself use a dirty bomb in a &quot;false flag&quot; attack, possibly to justify use of conventional nuclear weapons by Moscow as it finds itself on the back foot in eastern and southern Ukraine.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/10/13/22/how-high-is-the-risk-of-putin-using-a-nuclear-weapon">How high is the risk of Putin using a nuclear weapon?</a></li></ul><p>Biden said, &quot;I&#x27;m not guaranteeing that it&#x27;s a false flag operation yet. We don&#x27;t know.&quot;</p><p>The Pentagon said Tuesday that Russia would face repercussions for using such a device.</p><p>&quot;If Russia were to employ nuclear weapons or a dirty bomb, there would be consequences,&quot; spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder told journalists, without providing specifics.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2247869" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Pentagon said Tuesday that Russia would face repercussions for using such a device.