The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, told CNN on Thursday he had “no doubt” that Ukraine would become part of Nato after Russia’s war against the country ends. Alexei Likhachev said that only “a complete idiot” would do such a reckless thing. Russia’s nuclear chief denies claims Moscow plotted to blow up Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. A 60-year-old in Sumy and an 85-year-old woman in Kherson were also killed by Russian shelling. A man in his 40s was killed by shelling in the Zaporizhzhia region. Three people have been killed by Russian shelling across Ukraine. He was asked a question about whether the Russian president could escalate actions in Ukraine after the disarray caused by the failed Wagner mutiny during a press conference with the Finnish president, Sauli Niinistö, in Helsinki following the US-Nordic leaders’ summit.īiden also said he was “serious about prisoner exchange” when asked about the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in a Moscow prison for more than 100 days. The US president, Joe Biden, said there was “no real prospect of Putin using nuclear weapons”.
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