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Vladimir Putin: Russian President Putin’s Soviet dream, Ukraine’s nightmare | World News
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops into Ukraine but made clear his target goes beyond his neighbour to America’s “empire of lies,” and he threatened “consequences you have never faced in your history” for “anyone who tries to interfere with us. ”
In a speech on Thursday, full of festering historical grievances and accusations of a relentless Western plot against his country, Putin reminded the world that Russia “remains one of the most powerful nuclear states” with “a certain advantage in several cutting edge weapons. ”
In effect, Putin’s speech, intended to justify the invasion, seemed to come close to threatening nuclear war. In the context of Russia’s nuclear arsenal, Putin said, “there should be no doubt that any potential aggressor will face defeat and ominous consequences should it directly attack our country. ”
In a speech on Thursday, full of festering historical grievances and accusations of a relentless Western plot against his country, Putin reminded the world that Russia “remains one of the most powerful nuclear states” with “a certain advantage in several cutting edge weapons. ”
In effect, Putin’s speech, intended to justify the invasion, seemed to come close to threatening nuclear war. In the context of Russia’s nuclear arsenal, Putin said, “there should be no doubt that any potential aggressor will face defeat and ominous consequences should it directly attack our country. ”
President Joe Biden, who said Putin “had chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering,” has made clear that no US troops will be sent to Ukraine. European allies have taken the same position.
