Day 226 of the Invasion of Ukraine: There is a Threat of Nuclear Armageddon, according to Biden

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Biden: For the first time since the Cold War, there is a threat of nuclear Armageddon

US President Joe Biden said the world risks facing nuclear Armageddon for the first time since the beginning of the Cold War.

"We haven't faced the prospect of nuclear Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962", Biden said at a Democratic fundraiser in New York.

Putin said he was "not kidding" when he threatened to use nuclear weapons to continue his invasion of Ukraine, Biden said.

He commented on the risks posed by Putin's nuclear threats while speaking to party supporters at an event held at the Manhattan home of James Murdoch, son of newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch.

Referring to the nuclear standoff caused by the deployment of missiles by the Soviet Union in Cuba, in close proximity to the United States, Biden said that "for the first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat of using nuclear weapons if things continue to develop in such a way".

Putin has made veiled threats to use nuclear weapons if he feels he has exhausted his options in his bid to seize swathes of Ukrainian territory amid stiff resistance from pro-Western Kyiv.

Experts say these will most likely be relatively small, tactical strikes. But Biden warned that a tactical strike in a limited area would still risk wider repercussions.

"We have a guy I know pretty well," Biden said. The US president added that Putin "isn't kidding when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons because his military is, arguably,...