Vladimir Putin is understood to have come so close to dropping a nuclear bomb on Ukraine in October 2022 that Britain was bracing for the consequences.
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss reportedly spent her final days in office examining weather maps and preparing for radiation cases in the UK after US spies raised concerns that Putin was too close to pressing the button.
Shocking details of how close the war came to a devastating escalation have been uncovered in an updated biography of Ms Truss, titled Out of the Blue, the sun reported for the first time.
The biography reports that the short-lived Prime Minister spent “numerous hours studying satellite weather data and wind directions” for fear that “incorrect weather patterns” could have a “direct knock-on effect on Britain.”
It comes as Putin has deployed 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops in a bid to seize Kursk from Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office as US president.
The top military commander in Ukraine said “tens of thousands of enemy troops” have arrived to expel kyiv’s forces from the enclave, raising concerns in the West about a serious escalation of the conflict next month.
Liz Truss (pictured) reportedly spent her final days in office studying weather maps and preparing for radiation cases in the UK after US spies raised concerns that Putin was very close to launching a nuclear bomb .
Vladimir Putin (pictured) has deployed 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops in a bid to seize Kursk from Ukraine before Donald Trump takes office as US president.
Putin came so close to dropping a nuclear bomb on Ukraine in October 2022 that Britain was bracing for the consequences, it is understood.
An intelligent assessment of British defense as seen by The telegraph reveals that Russia It is expected to soon increase its kamikaze drone attacks against Ukrainian positions, using new launch sites near the border.
Putin hopes to regain territory before Trump returns to power on January 20 next year, NATO allies believe, when he is expected to support talks that could finally end the war.
Trump reportedly used a phone call with Putin following his election success last week to warn the Russian president against escalating the war.
Russia has already recovered about half of the territory lost to Ukraine in an August raid.
Yesterday, Putin denied reports that he had spoken to Trump in recent days, adding that he has no concrete plans to speak with him yet.
The call between the president-elect and the Russian leader was first reported by the Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, and said Trump told Putin he should not escalate the war in Ukraine. The Reuters news agency also reported on the call, citing an unnamed source.
Putin hopes to regain territory before Donald Trump returns to power on January 20 next year.
Trump reportedly warned Putin on Thursday not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of “Washington’s significant military presence in Europe,” according to the Washington Post.
But yesterday Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov vehemently denied that this call had taken place. ‘This is completely false. “This is pure fiction, it’s just false information,” Peskov said as he responded brutally. “There was no conversation.”
“This is the most obvious example of the quality of information that is published now, sometimes even in quite reputable publications,” Peskov said.
Asked if Putin had plans to establish contacts with Trump, Peskov said: “There are no concrete plans yet.”
That Putin denies that the phone call took place is uncomfortable for Trump, who has long maintained that he has Putin’s ear and has promised to find a solution to the war in Ukraine.