CIA director warns Russia against use of nuclear weapons

Russian forces retreated from Kherson last week, depriving Mr Putin of the only regional capital seized during the nine-month invasion. The Russian president is also facing the prospect of losing a territory he annexed in a ceremony in the Kremlin in September.

But Mr Putin’s escalation failed to deter Ukraine, whose better-equipped, larger force continued to retake territory just days after Mr Putin claimed it was part of Russia. Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin’s spokesman, said he could “only” declare that Kherson was “territory of the Russian Federation” on Monday, as Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visited the city to a rapturous reception from soldiers and locals who had spent months living under occupation. Russian forces had taken over the provincial capital in March.

Speaking at a conference last month, Mr Putin said Russia would not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine because there was “no military or political sense” in doing so, even as he repeated the claims about Ukraine’s supposed dirty bomb.

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