Putin warns West on nuclear blackmail, orders military to stay active

 Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Western countries and ordered the Russian army to remain active.

According to a foreign news agency, during a TV address, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the West is involved in nuclear blackmail against Russia and has crossed all limits in its aggression against Russia.

The Russian President said that we have many weapons to respond to the West and this is not a lie, Russia will use all resources to defend its people.

According to the foreign news agency, President Putin announced the partial mobilization of the Russian army, saying that the West tried to make the Ukrainian people a fuel for shelling, but our goal is to liberate the Donbass region.

Putin further said that the West does not want peace between Ukraine and Russia, but we cannot abandon the people of the separatist regions of Ukraine.