Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his most alarming escalation since his Ukraine invasion began, the mobilisation of 300,000 reservists.
The leader has also backed bogus polls in the two contested Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk in Donbas and also Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
But he also warned he will use nuclear weapons if he feels Russia is under threat, tying up all three moves in his latest strategy.
