Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday, said he was not bluffing when he said he was ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia.
Putin while addressing newsmen accused the West of trying to “destroy” his country through its backing of Kyiv.
Putin added that Russia needed to support those in Ukraine, who wanted to “determine their own future.
According to Putin all available means” to protect Russian territory, after Moscow-held regions of Ukraine suddenly announced annexation referendums.
Putin also accused the United States, the European Union and Britain of encouraging Ukraine to push military operations into Russia and in the biggest escalation of the Ukraine war since Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion, Putin raised the spectre of a nuclear conflict. He further approved a plan to annex a chunk of Ukraine the size of Hungary.