The American government says they have communicated “privately and directly” with Russia, to warn of “catastrophic consequences” should Moscow use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. mattfrei has the details.
The American Government says they have “communicated directly, privately to the Russian at very high levels that there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia is they use nuclear weapons in Ukraine”.The Ukranian Government is anxiously watching voting in so-called referendum.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the UN Russia would offer those areas ‘full protection’ by Moscow if they are successfully annexed.It’s triggered protests across as many as 30 cities across Russia, with more than 2100 arrests so far according to some reports.
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