"We have reason to believe that China engaged Russia and said: 'Don't go there,'" outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Financial Times on Jan. 3.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    4 days ago

    That “may” is sure doing a lot of heavy lifting…

    Blinken said the U.S. had been “very concerned” because Putin appeared to be considering nuclear weapons.

    “Even if the probability went from 5 to 15%, when it comes to nuclear weapons, nothing is more serious,” he said.

    • AurenkinEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I would have thought a probability of nothing would be considerably less serious.