speaks putin a threatening use of nuclear weapons and partial mobilization of the country s reserve troops. the first of its kind since world war ii. putin basically claimed nuclear threats of its own and framed a statement as a defensive move accusing the rest of nuclear blackmail and saying the last encourage ukraine to show the russian controlled nuclear plant in southeast ukraine. he accused the west also trying to divide and destroy his country. speak with those who tried to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know the prevailing winds can also blow r direction. it follows russia s efforts to organize referenda to annex parts of ukraine to give putin more expansive definition of territory that he could baselessly claim to be protecting. he has vowed to use all means necessary to defend these new territories. if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we
result of russia s war in ukraine, but putin threat to use nuclear weapons and his call-up of the country s 300,000 reserve troops has really sent a chill, and that partial mobilization would be the first of its kind since world war ii. according to reports, one-way flights out of the country to other countries that allow russian citizens to enter without a visa have been selling out fast, and russia parliament making hasty changes that would make it a crime to dodge the draft. but putin has framed his nuclear threat as a defensive move. he is painting a tale as the aggressor and accusing the west of nuclear blackmail. he falsely claimed that the west encouraged ukraine to shella nuclear plant in the southeast and now control. the territorial integrity of our country is threatened. we will without doubt use all available means to protect russia and our people. this is not a bluff. this follows russia s efforts to organize sham referenda to
soon president biden will deliver a critical speech here at the u.n. general assembly before world leaders, come as the russian president putin takes threatening new action in his war against ukraine, including a immediate partial are of 300,000 reserve troops, and also alarmed about the use of nuclear weapons. i m joined by the prime minister of estonia. estonia, of course, shares a border with prime minister. thank you so much for taking the time this morning. thank you for having me. we have heard, of course, have have heard him, but in so many words, he said this time
reserve troops to fight in its invasion of ukraine and threatening the use of nuclear weapons. this as russia plans sham referendums in the occupied parts of ukraine in an attempt to annex large swaths of the country. joining us live from kharkiv, ukraine, nbc news chief foreign correspondent, richard engel. richard, what is the reaction on the ground there? reporter: so ukrainian officials are dismissing this. they say that the fact that vladimir putin has to call up so many reservists is a sign of weakness. that his so-called special military operation, which was supposed to only last a few days, three days by ukrainian estimates, has now gone on for seven months. they say it is an indication that russia took on more than it could chew, that russia wasn t anticipating ukraine to rally, wasn t anticipating the west to
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