President Putin puts Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert amid tensions with West

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert after the tensions with the West over Ukraine.

While addressing media, President Putin said that NATO has made โ€œaggressive statementsโ€ accompanied by the West imposing hard-hitting financial and other sanctions against Russia, including the president himself.

He has ordered the Defence Minister of Russia and the chief of the military General Staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a โ€œspecial regime of combat duty.โ€

Meanwhile, the statement released by the United Stateโ€™s Ambassador to the United Nations that, โ€œMr Putinโ€™s order is showing that the Russian leader is escalating conflict in a manner that is unacceptable.โ€

According to the sources, Putin is getting increasingly frustrated due to the slower-than-expected pace of the invasion as the Russian military have so far failed to capture the capital of Kyiv.

Earlier night, Russian military and tanks have entered into Kharkiv, triggering a fight on the streets for Ukraineโ€™s second city.

The military had also blown up a natural gas pipeline close to the northeastern city during the nighttime, prompting warnings of an โ€œenvironmental catastropheโ€ by Ukrainian authorities before their forces breached its perimeters.

While addressing media, Mr Putin said, โ€œAs you can see, not only do Western nations take unfriendly steps against our nation in the economic dimension- I mean the illegal sanctions that everyone knows about very well- but also the top officials of leading NATO nations allow themselves to make aggressive statements with regards to our nation.โ€

As sources said, todayโ€™s escalation comes as Belarus special forces are preparing to assault the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Ukrainian intelligence got to know from within Belarus that โ€œspecial opsโ€ troops have been spotted loading up planes for a major attack.

As per one of the senior Ukrainian officials, โ€œIf it happens, it means that Belarus has openly joined Russia in its invasion of sovereign Ukraine.โ€

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