UK diplomats said they are taking his remarks delivered via Russian state TV “very seriously” but insisted they would not engage in a war of words with a man who was “shaking” during his appearance.
Nonetheless,of using either tactical nuclear weapons or larger nuclear arms at face value.
The comments came as Foreign Secretary James Cleverly met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for the first time during a UN Security Council meeting in New York. Mr Cleverly used the meeting to tell the council that the West must make clear to President Putin that his attacks on Ukraine and threats of nuclear weapons must stop.
The Prime Minister told fellow world leaders that the UK will spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, repeating a promise she made when she campaigned to become Tory leader.
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