Russian president threatens ‘tragic’ consequences during state of the nation speech
Vladimir Putin has told Nato countries that they risk provoking a nuclear war if they send troops to fight in Ukraine, in an annual state-of-the-nation speech to ramp up his threats against Europe and the US.
In a reference to Emmanuel Macron’s comments earlier this week in which he opened the door to sending European ground troops to Ukraine, the Russian president said it would lead to “tragic” consequences for the nations who decided to do that.
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