U.S. has spelled out to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would face, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says. Sullivan’s remarks represented the latest American warning following the thinly veiled nuclear threat made by Vladimir Putin last Wednesday. Putin also announced his country’s first wartime military mobilization since World War Two. Russia is staging a referendum in four eastern Ukrainian regions with the goal of annexing territory that Russian forces have taken during their invasion of Ukraine launched in February. Putin is mobilizing 300,000 troops while also threatening to use “all available means” to protect Russia.Read Long Article
