Despite collapse of USSR, Russia is one of most powerful nuclear powers: Vladimir Putin warns world
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Casting aside international condemnation and sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States and its NATO allies that any attempt to interfere would lead to ‘severe consequences you have never seen.’
MOSCOW: Despite the threat of ''harshest sanctions'', enormous international pressure and appeals for peace, the Russian troops continued to invade Ukraine on Thursday and mounted an assault by land, sea and air in the biggest attack on a European state since the Second World War.
Casting aside international condemnation and sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States and its NATO allies that any attempt to interfere would lead to ‘severe consequences you have never seen.’
Addressing the Russian people in a televised address from Kremlin, Putin said, “Whoever tries to hinder us, and even more so, to create threats to our country, to our people, should know that Russia`s response will be immediate. And it will lead you to such consequences that you have never encountered in your history."
Reminding the West of Russia’s massive military power, the Russian president said, “As for the military sphere, today, modern Russia, even after the collapse of the USSR and the loss of a significant part of its capacity, is one of the most powerful nuclear powers in the world and possesses certain advantages in some of the newest types of weaponry. In this regard, no one should have any doubts that a direct attack on our country will lead to defeat and horrible consequences for any potential aggressor.”
The Russian President also authorized a military operation in Ukraine that began soon after his address to the nation. Russia's Defence Ministry later on Thursday said its first day of the Ukraine invasion had achieved all its goals and that it had destroyed 83 land-based Ukrainian targets. Ukrainian police said Russia had carried out 203 attacks since the beginning of the day.