by Christopher Hutton, Breaking News Reporter
| February 27, 2022 09:42 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his nuclear deterrent forces on high alert amidst the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Putin made this gesture on Sunday during a televised statement with top Russian officials. He directed Russia's defense minister and the chief of the military's General Staff to get its nuclear deterrent forces ready.
These forces will undergo a "special regime of combat duty," Putin said. These actions are driven by the ongoing sanctions and "aggressive statements" made by NATO countries.
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This is the second time Putin has threatened to use nuclear force amidst the threat of an invasion. Putin made veiled threats referring to nuclear missiles in the first 24 hours of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, stating that any NATO country that gets directly involved would face "such consequences that you have never encountered in your history." While Putin did not directly name nuclear weaponry in his address, many foreign experts suspect that the Russian president was referring to nuclear weapons.
"President Putin is continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable," Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in response to the news, according to the Associated Press. "And we have to continue to condemn his actions in the most strong, strongest possible way."
The war in Ukraine continues. Ukrainian forces continue to hold the two major cities of Kharkiv and Kiev as the invasion intensifies. Troops from Russia have been seen pushing into Kharkiv, but it remains under Ukrainian control. Russians have been surprised by the strength of Ukraine's air defense, according to Pentagon officials. Ukraine officials have also begun recruiting foreigners to help them push back against the invasion.
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