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President Biden said Thursday that a nuclear "Armageddon" is at its highest risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

Officials say it's part of ongoing inventory management.

"With all due respect to Elon Musk - and I do respect him," says Lindsey Graham (R-SC), "I would suggest he needs to understand the facts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine."

US intelligence officials have concluded that the Ukrainian government ordered the car bombing of Darya Dugina, the daughter of political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is calling for NATO to launch "preemptive strikes" on Russia "so that they know what awaits them if they use nuclear weapons."

The recent ceremony of accession of four Ukrainian regions to Russia brought a speech from President Putin that outlined the reasons behind Russia’s current struggles, the character and identity of its foes and, more importantly, laid the groundwork for Russia’s next level of confrontation with the West beyond the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.

The move comes as Americans face record inflation and a looming economic recession.

The prevailing theory has been that Russia was behind the puncture.

The Donetsk People's Republic, as well as the Lugansk People's Republic, Kherson region and Zaporozhye region, overwhelmingly supported joining Russia during their September referendums.

The U.S. Army missed its 2022 recruiting goal by 15,000 troops, marking a 25 percent miss from the 60,000 new soldiers it sought to recruit before the fiscal year ended on Sept. 30.