Tensions are mounting.

09:49, Wed, Jun 24, 2026 Updated: 09:55, Wed, Jun 24, 2026

President Putin Receives Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulith At The Kremlin

Putin (Image: Getty)

Russia has issued a stark nuclear weapons warning to the world amid fears of a "global war." Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "only nuclear weapons protect the world from a global war".

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