Russia: Vladimir Putin threatens NUCLEAR showdown over the West's interference in Ukraine

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A report of last month's meeting, seen by The Times newspaper, said attempts by Nato to return the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine would be met "forcefully including through the use of nuclear force".

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By Rob Virtue | April 2, 2015

VLADIMIR Putin has warned Nato to back off from interfering with Crimea or face a NUCLEAR response.

In a secret meeting with Washington officials, Russia said it was looking at a range of actions over the threat of the West supplying weapons to Ukraine.

They also threatened civil disturbance by Russian nationals in the former Soviet states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, who are feeling increasingly threatened by their powerful neighbour.

A report of last month's meeting, seen by The Times newspaper, said attempts by Nato to return the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine would be met "forcefully including through the use of nuclear force".

And it said the supply of weapons to Kiev would be seen as "further encroachment by Nato to the Russian border".

Putin's generals at the high-level gathering in Germany told the Americans they spoke with the approval of their president.

The challenge between Russia and its Baltic neighbours is another pressing issue, with the West fearing a similar situation to the Ukraine conflict being replicated as the dispute with Nato hots up.

As well as civil disturbances, another destabilising tactic Russia warned it may use against the three neighbouring countries, all members of Nato, is a cyberattack that could not be traced back.

The Moscow officials said it would avoid “injections of troops and heavy weapons in favour of other tools”.


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