International Desk: Russian officials have begun preparing their society for the possible use of nuclear weapons. Now it is the time for the whole world to take action against their nuclear threat. However, he does not believe that Russia is ready to use these weapons, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with BBC on Friday.

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President Zelensky said Russia has begun to prepare their society that's very dangerous. They are not ready to use nuclear weapons, but the campaign has started to spread. I think talking about nuclear weapons is even dangerous.

Pointing out that Russian President Vladimir Putin may go the way of using nuclear weapons or chemical weapons, the Ukrainian President said that the lives of the people of Ukraine are valueless to Putin. Therefore, he can take such steps.

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Zelensky also said Russia's threat has become a threat for the whole world. Every country in the world should be prepared for the threat of Russian nuclear weapons and now action needs to be taken against it.

He said that Russia has already seized Ukraine's Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Moscow wants to make Europe's largest nuclear power plant its own property.

Zelensky told that the world can urgently stop the activities of the Russian occupiers. In this case, the world could implement a series of sanctions on Russia and force them to leave the power plant.

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In recent weeks, the Ukrainian army has recaptured large swathes of territory in a successful counter-offensive that has forced Russian troops to abandon long-held positions. Kyiv describes as Moscow's response to its defeats, President Vladimir Putin has included four partially occupied regions of Ukraine.

The annexations, widely dismissed as illegal, have raised fears of a possible escalation in the seven-month war. President Putin and other senior Russian officials have suggested that nuclear weapons - possibly smaller, tactical weapons - could be used to defend those areas, although Western officials say there has been no evidence Moscow is prepared to do so.

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