Vladimir Putin brags about Russian nuclear weapons. Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if the existence of the Russian state is threatened, Putin says.
Russia has no ambitions to attack Europe, but if NATO contingents were deployed on Ukrainian soil, the consequences would be tragic, he says. Putin: "This is an absolutely senseless step (for Finland and Sweden) from the point of view of protecting their own national interests. We had no troops there (on the Finnish border), now they will be there"