Russia issues fresh threat: World War 3 will be nuclear, destructive

More than half a million Ukrainians have fled the fighting since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that if a third World War were to take place, it would involve nuclear weapons and be destructive, the RIA news agency reported. This followed his speech to a Geneva disarmament meeting on Tuesday that Ukraine had been seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, a “real danger” that needed a Russian response.

“Ukraine still has Soviet nuclear technologies and the means of delivery of such weapons. We cannot fail to respond to this real danger,” he said, also calling for Washington to rebase its nuclear weapons from Europe.

The day saw Russia claiming its forces