Putin puts Russian nuclear deterrent forces on high alert

Vladimir Putin put Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert as his troops continued to face fierce resistance from the Ukrainian military and the west stepped up efforts to punish Moscow for Europe’s biggest war in more than 50 years.

Putin’s move came after US and western allies agreed to impose sanctions on the Russian central bank and remove some of the country’s lenders from the Swift messaging system — crucial for global payments — in some of the toughest such measures ever taken against a G20 economy.

It also followed a historic change in German defence policy on Sunday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz abandoned the country’s longstanding caution and announced a huge boost to military spending in response to the “new era” marked by Russia’s invasion of its neighbour.

The US condemned Russia’s move as “totally unacceptable” and said Putin was seeking to “put fear in the world”.
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