Liz Truss dismisses Putin’s nuclear threats as sign of desperation

UK PM says Russian president's sabre-rattling' will not work, as she calls for democratic renewal in UN address

Liz Truss has dismissed as sabre-rattling" Vladimir Putin's warning that Russia will use all the means at our disposal" to protect itself, warning in her UN speech: This will not work."

The Russian president's threats in a televised address to the nation appeared to suggest the conflict in Ukraine could spiral into a nuclear crisis, prompting a furious response from world leaders, led by the US president, Joe Biden.