Russian leader states effects will be disastrous if NATO ground soldiers sentout to Ukraine PUBLISHED : 29 Feb 2024 at 17: 36 Russian President Vladimir Putin provides his yearly address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow on Thursday. (Photo: Reuters) MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin cautioned Western nations on Thursday that there was a authentic threat of nuclear war if they sentout their own soldiers to battle in Ukraine, and he stated Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. Addressing parliament and other members of the nation’s elite, Putin, 71, duplicated his allegation that the West is bent on weakening Russia, and he recommended Western leaders did not comprehend how harmful their meddling might be in what he cast as Russia’s own internal affairs. He prefaced his caution with a particular recommendation to an concept, drifted by French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, of European NATO members sendingout ground soldiers to Ukraine — a recommendation that was rapidly turneddown by the United States, Germany
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