U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said: “We take Russian nuclear threats very seriously and Russia will face disastrous consequences if it goes down the dark path and uses nuclear weapons,” noting that “what could happen in Russia is unpredictable.” “. President Vladimir Putin, he stressed, “we continue to support Ukraine and its right to self-defense.”

He pointed out that “what we are seeing in Russia is deep resentment about what Putin is doing because he lied to his people saying it was a special military operation” and added that “young people in Russia is not eager to join the battle. and flee to borders and airports in large numbers.”

Sullivan believed that “the bogus referendums and the mobilization of hundreds of thousands are evidence of Putin’s suffering in Ukraine” and emphasized that “Putin didn’t have many options and he knew that the order to mobilize would lead to unrest in Russia” and added that “The Russian army is in trouble, and the army is in trouble.”

He emphasized that “Washington will impose new sanctions if Moscow continues the referendum and we will redouble our efforts to supply Ukraine with weapons,” and explained that “for several months we had uninterrupted lines of communication with the Russians at a high level. “

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council, stressed that “any weapon in Moscow’s arsenal, including strategic nuclear weapons, can be used to protect the territories that have joined Russia from Ukraine.”