Ukraine-Russia war latest: EU official sends fierce nuke warning to Russian forces as Putin told ‘Nato are not bluffing’

VLADIMIR Putin was issued a fierce nuclear warning by an EU official on Thursday after being told that “Nato are not bluffing” and the tyrant’s forces risk being “annihilated”. At the opening of the Diplomacy Academy in Brussels, the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell warned Vladimir Putin that his Russian forces would be “annihilated” if he was to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, AFP reports. Borrell said:” Putin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing, and it has to be clear that the people supporting Ukraine and the European Union and the member states, and the United States and Nato are not bluffing neither. “Any nuclear attack against Ukraine will create an answer, not a nuclear answer but such a powerful answer from the military side that the Russian Army will be annihilated.” It comes just a day after Putin suffered fresh humiliation as Ukrainian forces shot down four KA-52 attack helicopters in just 18 minutes. Read our Ukraine-Russia live blog below for the latest updates…