Ukraine news latest: Sick Putin makes veiled threat as annexed Ukrainian land ‘protected by Russian nuclear weapons’

PUTIN made another thinly-veiled threat to the west today, as he warned that the four annexed Ukrainian regions are “protected by Russian nuclear weapons.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a call with reporters: “These territories are inalienable parts of the Russian Federation … and their security is provided for at the same level as the rest of Russia’s territory.” The four regions, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, were annexed by the Kremlin less than a month ago, as Putin continued his bloodthirsty war in Ukraine. This week alone, Russia has launched 190 missile strikes on the under-siege nation, destroying 30% of the country’s power, according to President Zelensky. Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest updates…