Putin spokesperson won’t rule out Russia using nuclear weapons in face of ‘existential threat’

A spokesman for Vladimir Putin refused to rule out the possibility of using nuclear weapons against Ukraine in case of an “existential threat” to Russia.

Dmitry Peskov, Mr Putin’s press secretary, spoke to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday where he was questioned about the possibility of the Russian president using nuclear weapons amid increased global tensions around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ $SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY.US)$ $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$