A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday (19 September) that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.

Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the lower house of parliament and a member of Putin’s Security Council, was responding to a vote in the European Parliament urging EU countries to give such approval to Kyiv.

The resolution, adopted on Thursday with 425 votes in favour, 131 against and 63 abstentions, states that without lifting current restrictions, Ukraine cannot fully exercise its right to self-defence and remains exposed to attacks on its population and infrastructure.

  • HubertManne
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    46 hours ago

    oh and after all the nuking of the last many years im not sure we can take another nuking.

    • FuglyDuck
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      13 hours ago

      My microwave is commercial grade. It can handle all the hot pockets!

      (Wait… uhm. I don’t have a microwave…)