The imposition of preventive sanctions on Russiaasked the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelenskystating that the country’s officials have begun “preparing society” for possible use of nuclear weapons.

“They are starting to prepare their society. It is very dangerous. They’re not ready to do it, but they’re starting to report it. They don’t know if they will use them or not. I think it’s dangerous to even talk about it, ”Zelensky said in an interview with the publication. BBC.

He denied calling for attacks on Russia – during an online event on Thursday – stating that the word he used in Ukrainian was misunderstood. He claimed that his report had been mistranslated. “You must use prophylactic kicks“, he said, referring to the sanctions, “no attacks“.

The initial comment was condemned by a Kremlin spokesman. Dmitry Peskovas a “call for the start of a new world war”, and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov he said it proves why Russia was right to start its business in Ukraine.

“After this translation,” Zelensky said, “the Russians used it in their own way and started relaying it in other directions.”

Zelensky’s interview comes out a few hours after the US President’s speech Joe Biden said the Russian threat to use nuclear weapons had brought the world closer to “Armageddonthan at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War.

Zelenskiy says action is needed now as Russian threats mount “a danger to the entire planet.” “The world can urgently stop the actions of the Russian occupiers,” he said, adding: “The world can apply a package of sanctions in such cases and do everything so that they abandon the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.”

Ukrainian advance

In recent weeks, the Ukrainian army take back large tracts of land in a successful counterattack, which forced the Russian troops to leave their positions.

In particular, the Ukrainian army released 2400 square kilometers territory in the south, a senior Ukrainian official said Friday.

Nearly all of this territory has been reclaimed in the past two weeks as Ukraine stepped up its counteroffensive in Kherson.