Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has told Times Radio Vladimir Putin will “probably threaten nuclear use” in the face of failure in Ukraine.
Speaking to Times Radios Chief Political Commentator Lucy Fisher in New York, where hes announced fresh sanctions on Russia, he said Putin will use “every trick in the book” as the “realisation of his failure dawns on him”.
We have committed to ensure that Putin fails in his attempt to invade Ukraine and as that realisation of his failure dawns on him, he will use every trick in the book. He will use cyber, he will use disinformation, he will try and call in any and every favour in the international community that he can. He will threaten escalation and he will probably threaten nuclear use. What we have to say to the Russian people is that there is not and has never been a threat to Russia itself. This is a purely defensive posture. No one else is talking about this kind of escalation and there is no threat to Russia itself.
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