{"id":101665,"date":"2021-12-22T18:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T22:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=101665"},"modified":"2021-12-22T18:21:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T22:21:54","slug":"vladimir-putin-warns-nato-everyone-will-be-turned-to-radioactive-ash-over-ukraine-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=101665","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Putin warns NATO &#8216;everyone will be turned to radioactive ash&#8217; over Ukraine moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->By Chris Hughes<br \/>\nDefence and Security Editor<br \/>\nMirror.com<\/p>\n<h3>Vladimir Putin&#8217;s media mouthpiece Dmitry Kiselyov warned US-led aggression could lead to a nuclear war and warned NATO &#8216;everyone will be turned into radioactive ash&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Vladimir Putin primed Russia for war against Ukraine today, with his media mouthpiece warning NATO to back off or \u201ceveryone will be turned to ash\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian President told military chiefs and defence ministers Moscow will take \u201cmilitary measures\u201d in response to tension with the West \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/inside-ukraines-first-world-war-25718373\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"news\">as his troops amass close to Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot\" class=\"gpt in-article gpt-no-ad-label\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; z-index: 1; clear: both; height: 0px !important; display: block;\" data-config=\"{&quot;componentType&quot;:&quot;gpt&quot;,&quot;targeting&quot;:{&quot;index&quot;:3,&quot;hivis&quot;:&quot;n&quot;,&quot;hbPlacements&quot;:&quot;m-vip&quot;},&quot;injectionConditions&quot;:[{&quot;condition&quot;:&quot;stopONAffiliateContent&quot;}],&quot;referenceNode&quot;:&quot;article:not(.channel-sport) .article-body &gt; p:nth-of-type(2)&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[[8,8]],&quot;hideOnSensitiveArticle&quot;:true,&quot;relativePos&quot;:&quot;after&quot;,&quot;additionalClass&quot;:&quot;in-article&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;div-gpt-ad-vip-slot&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;VIP&quot;,&quot;bidders&quot;:{&quot;ozone&quot;:&quot;1420432331&quot;}}\" data-gpt-placeholder=\"\" data-response-start=\"518.2000000029802\" data-type=\"gpt\"><\/div>\n<p>Putin was referring to a Western bid to bolster Ukraine with weapons and military training.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIn the event that the clearly aggressive line of our Western colleagues continues, we will take adequate retaliatory military-technical measures, and react toughly to unfriendly steps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, I want to emphasize, we have every right to do so, we have every right to take actions designed to ensure the security and sovereignty of Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101668\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101668\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101668\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0_RGP_MDM_171221Ukraine09JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0_RGP_MDM_171221Ukraine09JPG.jpg 615w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0_RGP_MDM_171221Ukraine09JPG-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian paratrooper at his post in Avdiyivk\u00a0(Image: Rowan Griffiths \/ Daily Mirror)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last year hundreds of British paratroopers dropped into Ukraine not far from the border with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>British fighter jets have been taking part in patrols above the Baltic states, warning off Russian aerial incursions, as well as off Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Around 175,000 Russian combat forces are expected to be near Ukraine\u2019s borders by January and pro-Russian separatists are attacking Ukraine troops daily. On the frontline in Donbas, Ukraine, Russian troops have been building up in support of pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk region.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101670\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101670\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101670\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0_RUSSIA-CHINA-DIPLOMACY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0_RUSSIA-CHINA-DIPLOMACY.jpg 615w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0_RUSSIA-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin warned of retaliation\u00a0(Image: SPUTNIK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-container\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>___<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/vladimir-putin-warns-nato-everyone-25759453\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/vladimir-putin-warns-nato-everyone-25759453<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}