Rae condemns Russia for nuclear threat, says it must not deter West from supporting Ukraine

Canada’s United Nations representative, Bob Rae, condemned Russia on Monday for its implied threat to turn the Ukraine war into a nuclear conflict after Vladimir Putin put forces on nuclear-armed units on high alert Sunday. Rae appeared before the House of Commons foreign affairs committee on Monday for a special meeting on Russia’s “unprovoked” invasion of Ukraine, where he said Putin’s “deeply irrational” threat must not deter the West from its support for Ukraine.

• Putin’s ‘deeply irrational’ nuclear threat must not deter West: Rae