The U.S. State Department has publicly and privately told Russian officials that using nuclear weapons in the conflict with Ukraine would have “catastrophic effects,” two high-level White House members said this weekend. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday the U.S. is in contact with the Kremlin and has warned about the consequences of a nuclear strike. Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested a potential use of “weapons of mass destruction” when he ordered a mobilization of 300,000 reservists to boost his troops in Ukraine. “We have been very clear with the Rus…
