‘This is not a bluff’: Putin threatens to use nuclear weapons in a dark new speech

News.com.au reports: “Vladimir Putin has declared a mobilisation of his nation’s military in a dark new speech in which he also warned he was ‘not bluffing’ when it came to using Russia’s nuclear weapons arsenal.

The Russian President warned that his nation would would use ‘all means available to us’ to achieve its goals in Ukraine, accusing NATO of a unfairly pursuing Russia as it commits atrocities.

‘In its aggressive anti-Russian policy the west has crossed all lines,’ Putin said, further accusing the West of plotting to dismantle the Russian Federation and use nuclear blackmail.

Putin said he supports a ‘partial mobilisation’ of the military, signing a decree this week that will see all reserve soldiers conscripted. 

Putin also warned he ‘is not bluffing’ when it comes to Russia’s nuclear weapons arsenal to respond to external ‘aggression’.

‘When the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. This is not a bluff,’ he said.

‘Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind can also turn in their direction.’…”

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