Putin's just trying to get in our heads - he knows he's losing the war against Ukraine so he's resorted to nuke threats, says former senior US diplomat
The Russian president has insisted he is "not bluffing" and ordered a mobilisation of some 300,000 reservists as his military continues to be pummelled by Ukraine after it retook huge chunks of territory.
But Kurt Volker, the former US ambassador to Nato who represented America at Russia-Ukraine peace talks, told LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr that the West should not panic over the threat.'Months of suffering is over': Five Brits captured by pro-Russian fighters in Ukraine released "They've lost ground and Ukraine, he got a brush back from Chinese President Xi. So he's putting this out there to try to get inside our heads.
While a nuclear strike on the West would be unlikely despite ongoing Russian rhetoric – the product of Putin and his cronies' increasing desperation at a war that is turning against them and puts their own position as rulers of Russia at risk – there have been fears they could turn to a tactical, limited nuclear strike in Ukraine.
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