War in Ukraine: Russian army advances “confidently” on several fronts, says Putin

Europe 1 with AFP 11:00 a.m., February 29, 2024

Vladimir Putin welcomed Thursday the advance in Ukraine of his troops, who have achieved several successes in recent weeks against Kiev forces on the defensive and lacking ammunition.

“The military capabilities of the (Russian) armed forces have been multiplied. They are advancing with confidence in several directions” of the front, declared the Russian president during a speech to the Nation in front of the country's political elite.

Putin judges that Western threats create a “real” risk of nuclear conflict

The head of the Kremlin estimated that Western threats created a "real" risk of nuclear conflict, also saying that Russia had weapons "capable" of reaching the territories of these countries.

Western countries “must understand that we too have weapons capable of hitting targets on your territory,” warned the Russian president during a speech to the Nation.

“Everything that they are inventing now, what they are scaring the world with, all this constitutes a real threat of conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, which means the destruction of civilization,” he said. -he adds.

>> More information to follow...