Over 1,000 days of war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly warned Kyiv’s Western allies of dire – potentially nuclear – consequences if they “escalate” the war by giving Ukraine the weapons it needs to defend itself.

More than a million households in Ukraine were left without power after a “massive enemy attack” overnight by Russia, targeting critical energy infrastructure facilities, CNN reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Thursday that the air assault was in response to Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory using US-made ATACMS missiles.

Speaking during a visit to Kazakhstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the Biden administration’s increased support for Ukraine and suggested president-elect Trump is “still an intelligent person” who will find a solution to the crisis.

Putin claimed that “uncivilized means of struggle were used against Trump” more than once and does not believe the president-elect is currently safe as he criticized the “hu