Biden Says Russia Would Pay Severe Price If It Used Chemical Weapons – WSJ

President Biden said Russia would pay a severe price if it used chemical weapons as Western officials grow increasingly worried that Moscow will resort to deploying chemical, biological or nuclear weapons after struggling to make headway in the war in Ukraine.

I m not going to speak about the intelligence, but Russia would pay a severe price if they use chemical weapons, Mr. Biden said at the White House Friday.

In an address late Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia was setting the stage for such an escalation by making unfounded claims that the U.S. was funding biowarfare efforts in Ukraine.

The Russian Defense Ministry said Washington has been supporting research that could allow the spread of diseases through wild birds migrating between Russia and Ukraine, adding that biolaboratories set up and funded in Ukraine have been experimenting with bat coronavirus samples.

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