- Vladimir Putin has threatened the West with nuclear weapons over Ukraine, telling leaders: ‘I’m not bluffing’
- Desperate despot also announced mobilisation of 300,000 reservists, first Russian mobilisation since WW2
- Occupied Ukrainian territories will be annexed to Russia, he said, and ‘all means’ will be used to defend them
- Ukraine dismissed the threat, saying it is ‘predictable’ and shows the war is not going as Putin had planned