Putin: Russia will use nukes only if struck

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 09, 2022 12:06 am

(UPDATED) MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that nuclear tensions were rising, though he insisted that 'we have not gone crazy,' and Moscow would not be the first to deploy atomic weapons in its war on Ukraine.

Speaking more than nine months after his forces invaded their smaller, pro-West neighbor, Putin warned that the conflict could be 'lengthy.'

‘NOT GONE CRAZY’ Russia’s President Vladimir Putin speaks during the annual meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights via video conference in the capital Moscow on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. SPUTNIK PHOTO VIA AFP

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