Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered
Russia’s first mobilisation since World War II and backed a plan to annex
swathes of Ukraine, warning the West he wasn’t bluffing when he disclosed he
would be ready to use nuclear weapons to defend his country.
In the biggest escalation of the ongoing Ukraine war since
Moscow’s February 24 invasion, Putin explicitly raised the spectre of a nuclear
conflict, approved a plan to annex a chunk of Ukraine the size of Hungary, and
called up 300,000 reservists.
“If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened,
we will, without doubt, use all available means to protect Russia and our
people – this is not a bluff,” Putin said in a televised address to Russia.
Citing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO,
expansion towards Russia’s borders, Putin said the West was plotting to destroy
Russia, engaging in “nuclear blackmail” by allegedly discussing the potential
use of nuclear weapons against Russia, and accused the United States of
America, the European Union and Britain of encouraging Ukraine to push military
operations into Russia itself.
Putin said, “In its aggressive anti-Russian policy, the West
has crossed every line.”
“This isn’t a bluff. And those who try to blackmail us with
nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards
them,” he added.
Both Russia and Ukraine have been fighting for over six
months.
As of today, several casualties have already been recorded.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the invasion of
Ukraine because of political differences between both countries.
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