'This is not a bluff': Vladimir Putin announces 'partial mobilisation' in Ukraine invasion and accuses the West of engaging in 'nuclear blackmail'
Vladimir Putin has warned Russia will 'use all means we have' to protect its territory, accusing the West of 'nuclear blackmail' and saying: "This is not a bluff."
Putin added: "To those who allow themselves such statements regarding Russia, I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction, and for separate components and more modern than those of Nato countries, and when the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, to protect Russia and our people, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal."
Mr Putin said he has signed a decree on the partial mobilisation, which is due to start on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation in Russia is a 'worrying escalation', a Foreign Office minister has said. Gillian Keegan also urged for calm in the face of Mr Putin's threat in his speech to use nuclear weapons.
"I'm not sure he’s in control either really. I mean, this is obviously an escalation and, of course, for the Russian people now they will be conscripted into this war." She said discussions would continue to seek a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine war.
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