Wladimir Putin in December said Russia had a “more advanced and modern” form of nuclear weapons than any other nation, however he has no plans to use them for the Ukraine war.

What happened: The Russian president said at a televised meeting of loyalists that the war in Kyiv, which is now expected to be in its tenth month, may not end, Reuters reported.

“It can be a long process,” he said.

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Midst The West fears that Putin could rely on nuclear weapons After a string of defeats in Kherson, the Russian President said: “We haven’t gone mad, we know what nuclear weapons are.”

“We have these means in a more advanced and modern form than any other nuclear country… But we are not going to run around the world wielding this weapon like a razor.”

In an interview published in December, Chancellor Olaf Scholz Funke media told that there is a risk of Russia using nuclear weapons declined in response to international pressureadding that Putin continued his “unabated brutality”.

Meanwhile, the Russian leader also made it clear that additional mobilization measures had led to it Thousands of Russians are looking for ways to harm them and Book flights abroad.

He said about 150,000 of the 300,000 reservists called up in September and October were deployed to Ukraine, with 77,000 in combat units. The remaining 150,000 are still in training centers, he added.

“Under these conditions, it just doesn’t make sense to talk about additional mobilization measures,” Putin said.

This story was originally published on December 7th, 2022.

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