Russian President Vladimir Putin accused ex-UK Prime Minister Liz Truss of being “a bit out of it” over comments she made about nuclear weapons. Mr Putin, who gave a speech on Thursday, hit out at the former Prime Minister as he sought to defend his country from the criticism of Western leaders since the invasion of Ukraine.
It comes amid concerns that, with Russia struggling to make ground in Ukraine, Mr Putin could turn to nuclear weapons. “We’ve never said anything proactively about possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia. We have only hinted in response to those statements that the Western leaders have made,” he said, according to a live translation on Sky News.
Referring to the former Prime Minister, he said: “Liz Truss, the ex-Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, she said it directly. In her conversation with a representative of the media, she said that the UK is a nuclear power and the prime minister has, in their mandate, the possible use of nuclear weapons.
