Four Ukrainian regions whose annexation it proclaimed last month are under the protection of its nuclear arsenal, Russia says
Russian President Putin last month proclaimed that the territories Moscow was taking from Ukraine would be part of Russia"for ever". But Russia does not wholly control any of the four regions and has yet to define their borders.
The statement from the Kremlin came on Tuesday at a moment of acute tension, with both NATO and Russia expected to hold military exercises shortly to test the readiness of their nuclear weapons forces. US President Joe Biden said on October 6 that his threat had brought the world closer to "Armageddon" than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when many feared a nuclear war might be imminent.Nuclear preparedness exercises
Other analysts have argued the nuclear risk is overstated, suggesting it would be suicidal for Putin to embark on such an escalation. Putin last month proclaimed that the territories Moscow was taking from Ukraine would be part of Russia "for ever". But Russia does not wholly control any of the four regions and has yet to define their borders.
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