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Putin also hinted that Moscow stands ready to use a nuclear weapon if Kyiv’s forces used a so-called ‘dirty bomb’ - but Ukraine has denied it would ever do so
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Vladimir Putin has declared that “all of Ukraine is ours” in one of his most hardline comments on the country since Donald Trump took power.
In recent months the Russian president has danced around involvement in peace talks - without making any firm commitments - and even suggested he would be prepared to meet with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zekelensky.
