"In Ukraine, in my opinion, more drastic measures should be taken, up to the declaration of martial law in the border areas and the use of low-potential nuclear weapons".

The statements of the Chechen leader Kadyrov, who urged Moscow to further escalate the Ukrainian conflict, are frightening - and not a little.

The head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin immediately intervened on the possible threat to use nuclear weapons by Russia. “To be clear, the one who decides is one. There are no controls on Putin. As he made the irresponsible decision to invade Ukraine, he could take another one . Right now, however, I don't see anything now that makes me believe that he has already made such a decision ", Austin said during an interview with CNN, also condemning" the illegal annexations of Ukrainian territory, and speaking of " irresponsible statement ”Putin's threat to use“ every available means ”. "This rattle of the nuclear saber - he added - is not the kind of thing we would expect to hear from the leaders of large countries with atomic capabilities".

Meanwhile, Ukraine will receive other weapons from Norway , as well as from Denmark and Germany, worth 92 million euros.

On the Italian front, our country will formalize to Russia the non-recognition of the outcome of the referendums organized by the occupation forces. Ambassador Sergey Razov has been summoned to the Farnesina, who will meet with Secretary General Ettore Sequi for an interview . The message of Italy, as well as that of the EU partners, will be clear: support for the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine, clear rejection of referendums because they are illegal and outside any logic of international law. And also: rejection of Putin's nuclear threats, which has not ruled out the use of this type of weapons to defend a territory now considered his.

(Unioneonline)

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Moscow: “Atomic? Kadyrov's request is only emotional "

The Kremlin dismisses Chechen leader Kadyrov's request to use low-powered nuclear weapons as "emotional". This was stated by Putin's spokesman, Dmitri Peskov.

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Kremlin: "On the Nord Stream the West is hysterical"

"It's not clear who to partner with to restore Nord Stream's flow" because the West "is

hysterical "about the affair, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov as reported by Ria Novosti.

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The mayor of Melitopol: "Forced mobilization has begun"

Russian forces have begun the forced mobilization of the local population in the occupied district of Melitopol, in the Zaporizhzhia region (south), just annexed to Russia after the referendums: the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, announced today, according to UNIAN . "Men are just starting to get picked up on the streets. We have had a large number of cases over the weekend where (the Russians, ed) just approach men of different ages, with different physical form and ask them to go. to the commander's office to be registered ".

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Russian bombs on Zaporizhzhia in the night, victims

Russian forces launched a missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine last night: some infrastructure was destroyed and there are casualties. The head of the military administration of the homonymous region, Oleksandr Starukh, and the spokesman of the City Council of the city, Anatolii Kurtieve, made it known on Telegram. Ukrainska Pravda reports it. "The enemy has launched a missile attack on the center of the Oblast (the city of Zaporizhzhia, ed). Information on the damage and the casualties is being collected," wrote Starukh. For his part, Kurtiev added that some of the city's infrastructure has been destroyed and there are casualties.

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