Vladimir Putin’s nuclear sabre rattling may not be a “bluff”, according to the European Union’s foreign policy boss as further Russian setbacks gives way to fears of severe escalation in the war in Ukraine.
on Russian occupied territories in the country’s eastern Kharkiv region, surprising Putin’s forces in a significant shift in the war’s momentum.
“Our country has different types of weapons as well, and some of them are more modern than the weapons NATO countries have,” Putin said. "Otherwise, we can finish the war, but we will not have peace, and we will have another war," Mr Borrell said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the United Nations Security Council meeting at to discuss the war in Ukraine. Picture: Getty Images
“The West has gone too far in its aggressive anti-Russia policy, making endless threats to our country and people,” he said.
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