VLADIMIR Putin put nuclear forces on high alert just after warning that the West “could face the greatest consequences in history. “
The Russian tyrant is reportedly “furious” that his forces cannot subdue the Ukrainians and blamed Western sanctions for the move.
This resolution means that Putin has ordered that Russian nuclear weapons be in a position to be launched.
This raises the frightening option of crisis and miscalculation turning into nuclear war.
In a speech on state television, he claimed that competitive statements by NATO leaders and economic sanctions against Moscow had forced him.
He said he had now ordered his army command to put Russian deterrents, a reference to equipment that comes with nuclear weapons, on high alert.
He said that “Western countries are not taking hostile measures” such as “illegal sanctions,” but that “senior officials from key NATO countries allow themselves to make competitive statements towards our country. “
“I order the Defense Minister and the Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces to place the deterrent forces of the Russian army in a special mode of combat service,” Putin said.
Before his invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin warned that Russia’s “unprecedented” hypersonic missiles were in a position to act.
And he coldly warned Russia “today one of the toughest nuclear powers. “
“To everyone who intervenes from the outside: if they do, they will face greater consequences than they have faced in history. “
The one in Ukraine. . .
Former Royal Navy leader Lord West told The Sun that a “miscalculation” can cause a war in Europe, which may turn into a global war involving the use of nuclear weapons.
As Russian forces falter, new and disturbing evidence has emerged about the amount of blood Putin is willing to shed in his search for Ukraine.
Intelligence chiefs have said it is in a position to sacrifice 50,000 of its infantrymen in the war, the Mirror reports.
The grim prediction comes as Russia’s Health Ministry prepares for a medical emergency.
Authorities are ready for doctors with a number of specialties from all over Russia to show up, according to ITN.
Medical organizations should be able to “temporarily participate in activities aimed at saving lives and preserving the health of other people in Russia,” the ministry urged.
In a speech marking the annual Special Operations Forces Day, Putin showed a brave face.
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He said he deserves “special thanks to those who heroically fulfilled their military duty in those days the special operation of assistance to the People’s Republics of Donbass. “
The Russian leader referred to the two Russian-speaking dissident enclaves in Ukraine that he identified as independent countries.
On a more positive note, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to peace talks with Russia.
Delegations from the two will meet at the border with Belarus, he said.
The shells rained down on Ukraine after the invasion in the early hours of Thursday, when the arrival in the capital, Kiev, lasted for a fourth day.
The city woke up to more air raid sirens after missile strikes dyed the sky orange, what Zelenskyy called a “brutal” night.
And Ukrainian forces are fighting Russian invaders on the streets of Kharkiv and maintaining “total control,” according to commanders.
As his forces face stiff resistance from Ukrainians protecting their homeland, the Kremlin strongman will have to be “furious” at the lack of progress, a former NATO defense leader said.
“Putin is furious, he has the idea that total war would be simple and everything would be done in 1-4 days,” tweeted Riho Terras, who is also a former commander of the Estonian armed forces.
Ukrainian intelligence believed the Russians had no “tactical plan” to deal with a retaliatory enemy.
“The Russians are reeling from the fierce resistance they have encountered,” Terras said.
Previously, terrified civilians had gone to take refuge in subways and basements at nightfall.
Kiev’s main airport, Boryspil International and an oil depot exploded in Vasylkiv, about 25 m west of Kiev.
Residents were warned that the burning reservoir was emitting poisonous smoke and fumes and were asked to keep the windows closed and covered.
Russian missiles also hit a nuclear waste repository on the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine’s State Inspection of Nuclear Regulation confirmed.
People have been asked to turn on the lights in their homes and stay away from windows for fear of seeing shards of glass flying.
There were widespread fears that the Russian military would step up its efforts in Kiev this weekend, targeting advertising companies in a bid to destroy Ukrainian morale.
A citywide curfew is being enforced in the capital while the government is tracking “sabotage and reconnaissance groups,” Kiev’s mayor said.
As it rang out in the war-torn country, civilians and infantrymen were asked to hide before the “imminent” attack.
This marks the end of a fourth day of fighting as Ukrainian heroes and civilians fight to repel the Russian invaders.
It comes after a day when Russian troops failed to capture the capital.
The official death toll in Ukraine is 198, 3 children.
And at least 17 of them civilians, killed in an explosion.
The Ukrainian government insisted that the Russians were advancing with about 3,500 dead.
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