Is Vladimir Putin bluffing over nukes in Ukraine? Volodymr Zelensky says no | World News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned he does not assume Vladimir Putin is bluffing when he says Moscow can be prepared to make use of nuclear weapons to defend Russia.

The Russian president mentioned in a televised handle final week that Moscow would use "all accessible means" to guard Russia and its folks if its territorial integrity had been threatened.

"Look, possibly yesterday it was bluff. Now, it might be a actuality," Zelensky, who had beforehand performed down such warnings as nuclear blackmail, instructed CBS News on Sunday.

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"I do not assume he is bluffing," Zelenskiy added.

The Ukrainian president mentioned Russian strikes on or close to two Ukrainian nuclear vegetation might be thought of "modern use of nuclear weapons or nuclear blackmail."

Kyiv accuses Moscow of repeatedly shelling the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in the course of the warfare in Ukraine, and extra lately conducting a missile strike close to the Pivdennoukrainska nuclear plant.

Moscow denies shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant, accusing Kyiv of being accountable. It didn't touch upon the Pivdennoukrainska strike.