As the war in Ukraine nears its 1,000th day, Russian officials have escalated nuclear threats against the U.S., Ukraine, and the West.

The Russian leader's latest red line on support for Kyiv came ahead of President Joe Biden's meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington on Friday.

Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe. Ukraine attacked Russia's western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack.

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Russia does note intend to stop with Ukraine…Russia presents a chronic threat. – General Christopher Cavoli, April 10, 2024[i] A decade after Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukrai

Last week, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance took to X to warn that when Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike targets in Russia, he believes, “the risk of nuclear war is

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted deep fears of the conflict spilling over elsewhere in Europe and sparking wider war on the continent.

Observers have put forward varying explanations suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes, through nuclear threats, to achieve some current or future tactical edge in his face-off with Ukraine and NATO. But none of that reasoning erases a dangerous reality: Any Russian use of tactical nuclear weapons would create unprecedented conditions that could easily lead not to Russia's advantage, but to a wider nuclear war that would decimate Russia—and its leadership.

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine, it would be considered a significant escalation of the conflict.

"If Ukraine falls, I really believe that NATO will be in a fight with Russia," Austin said during a House hearing on Thursday.

After decades of complacency, reality is starting to dawn. The world is not drawing inexorably closer, autocracies are not turning to democracy and liberalism, and geopolitical competition is growing more dangerous. The countries of Europe face multiple threats to their security. Russia continues to wage its war against Ukraine and could feasibly a...

Russian officials have routinely called for strikes on U.S. soil and the West over weapons and aid sent to Ukraine.

Putin has returned industrial war to our continent. Once more, thousands of miles of trenches stretch across front lines.

Romania's top military officer said his country needs to become better prepared for the possibility of Russian aggression.

The idea that a nuclear war could break out amid the conflict in Ukraine has been floated by numerous Russian officials.

“We're past the point where Nato taking steps to defend itself is going to be a contributory factor to war.” “Nato’s preparations for defence has started”, as Nato official Rob Bower warns that civilians must prepare for all-out war with Russia in the next 20 years, explains Jamie Shea. 📻 Listen to Times Radio - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio 📍 Subscribe to our channel - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjDhFuGXlhx9Us0gq0VK2w?sub_confirmation=1 🗞 Subscribe to The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/radio-3for3/ 📲 Get the free Times Radio app https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/how-to-listen-to-times-radio/app

Not three weeks of 2024 have passed, and the governments of Estonia, Sweden and now the UK have already warned their respective nations that the prospect of large-scale war is on the horizon.

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed the report as "last year's horoscope".

Leaked German documents show leaders are preparing for Russian President Vladimir Putin to launch World War 3 over the next year, highlighting key events and months.

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"Those who play with fire will perish by it," Chinese state-run newspaper the Global Times wrote after a U.S. report on Russia and China was released.

Russia said shortly after the outbreak of all-out war in Ukraine that the risks of nuclear conflict were "considerable."

So far, the conflict has remained within manageable bounds for the international community, but the prospect of further conflagration is not far off.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö warns Europe to be cautious concerning the risk of escalation of the full-scale Russian war against Ukraine. Source: Niinistö expressed this opinion in an interview for The New York Times, as reported by European Pravda Niinistö thinks that the war against Ukraine will last a long time and even though Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a "wake-up call" for Europe and NATO, now this fact is being gradually forgotten.