WORLD MUST ACT NOW TO STOP RUSSIA NUCLEAR THREAT: ZELENSKY ON UKRAINE WAR

Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, says that Russian officials have started to "prepare their society" for the possible use of nuclear weapons, but he also stated that he does not believe Russia is prepared to use them.

In a BBC interview, President Zelensky asserted that a previous statement had been mistranslated. He denied having urged strikes on Russia.

He stated, referring to sanctions, "you must use preventive kicks, not attacks."

The Ukrainian army has successfully recaptured massive swaths of territory in recent weeks, forcing Russian soldiers to abandon their long-held positions. President Vladimir Putin has incorporated four partially occupied regions of Ukraine, which Kyiv views as Moscow's response to its defeats.

They aren't ready to use it or do it. But they start to communicate. They are uncertain as to whether they will use it or not. I believe it is dangerous to even speak about it, he said.

Then, using a translator, he said in Ukrainian: What we see is that Russia's people in power like life, so I don't think the risk of using nuclear weapons is as certain as some experts say, because they understand that there is no going back after using it—not only with regard to the history of their country, but with regard to themselves as personalities.

He did, however, deny calling for strikes against Russia during a Thursday online event, claiming the misinterpretation of a word he used in Ukrainian.

A few hours prior to the interview, US President Joe Biden stated that the world had never been so near to "Armageddon" since the Cold War's Cuban Missile Crisis due to Russia's threat to use nuclear weapons.

Russia's threats, according to President Zelensky, are a "risk for the whole planet," so something must be done immediately. He asserted that Moscow has "made a step already" by occupying the largest nuclear plant in Europe, Zaporizhzhia, which President Putin is trying to turn into Russian territory.