Putin warns West risks nuclear war with Russia if its troops enter Ukraine war : NPR

"They must realize that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory," Putin said, in apparent reference to increasingly lethal Western weapons provided to Kyiv. "What they are now suggesting and scaring the world with — all that raises the real threat of a nuclear conflict that will mean the destruction of our civilization."…

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234943055/russia-putin-threatens-nuclear-war