28 Feb 2022

Ukraine: Day four post-invasion, Putin raises nuclear spectre

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 28 February 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pictured during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Deputy Prime Ministers via a video linkup from the House of the Russian government, in Moscow, Russia.

Photo: AFP

Western powers have condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to put nuclear forces on "special alert" - in response, he says, to NATO "aggression".

The United States is calling it "totally unacceptable", and NATO's chief describing it as "dangerous" and "irresponsible". 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has confirmed a meeting is set to take place on the border of Belarus, between Ukrainian and Russian delegations, four days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Kathryn gets an update from Kiwi freelance journalist Tom Mutch.

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Photo: AFP