Russian president Vladimir Putin raised the spectre of nuclear war with the West last night as he defied international condemnation over his decision to send thousands of Russian troops and heavy armour into eastern Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Irish Independent: ‘It’s best not to mess with us …. Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers’
A pro-Russian gunman stands next a bomb crater after shelling near Donetsk on August 14, 2014.
