President Vladimir Putin says the risk of a nuclear war is rising, but insists Russia has not 'gone mad' and that nuclear weapons could only be used as 'a response to an attack'.
Wed 7 Dec 2022 at 5:08pm
The Russian leader insists the country had not "gone mad" when talking about the dangers of nuclear weapons.abc.net.au/news/putin-says-risk-of-nuclear-war-rising-ukraine-russia/101746972Russian President Vladimir Putin says the risk of a nuclear war is rising, but insists Russia had not "gone mad" and that nuclear weapons could only be used as "a response to an attack".
The Russian leader was speaking at a televised session of his human rights council and was responding to a comment about Ukraine shelling areas of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region.Mr Putin spoke with his human rights council via video-conference on Wednesday. He also complained that Western rights organisations viewed Russia as "a second-class country that has no right to exist at all"."There can be only one answer from our side - a consistent struggle for our national interests," he said.Mr Putin said the country would accomplish this by "various ways and means", and that it would firstly focus on "peaceful means".
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