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Putin has warned he will use nuclear weapons against the West if anyone interferes in Ukraine
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Putin threatened "lightning-fast" retaliation against any Western countries that intervene on Ukraine's behalf. Putin has warned he will use nuclear weapons against the West if anyone interferes in Ukraine
Putin threatened "lightning-fast" retaliation against any Western countries that intervene on Ukraine's behalf.
The threat comes as the Russian leader said the response to counterstrikes will be "lightning fast.
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Russia on Thursday warned the West that there would be a tough military response to any further attack on Russian territory, accusing the United States and its key European allies of openly inciting Ukraine to assault Russia.
Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions more and raised fears of the most serious confrontation between Russia and the United States since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Two months since Russia invaded Ukraine, Russia has in recent days reported what it says are a series of attacks by Ukrainian forces on Russian regions which border Ukraine, and has warned that such attacks risk a significant escalation.
Ukraine has not directly accepted responsibility but says the incidents are payback, while Russia has taken umbrage at statements from NATO-member Britain that it is legitimate for Ukraine to target Russian logistics.
"In the West, they are openly calling on Kyiv to attack Russia including with the use of weapons received from NATO countries," Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow.
"I don't advise you to test our patience further."
Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that if such attacks continued then Moscow would target decision-making centres in Ukraine, including those where it said Western advisers were helping Kyiv.
