Russia-Ukraine updates: Putin says threat of nuclear war rising

This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war for Wednesday, December 7.

This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war for Wednesday, December 7.

• President Vladimir Putin said discussing Russia’s use of nuclear weapons was “not a factor provoking an escalation of conflicts, but a factor of deterrence”.
• The European Union has proposed a ninth package of sanctions on Russia, including adding almost 200 additional individuals and entities to the sanctions list.
• Putin told his human rights council that Russia’s “special military operation” could be a “long process”.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” along with the “spirit of Ukraine”.
• “Bloody packages” delivered to several Ukrainian embassies across Europe all shared the same address of a Tesla dealership in Germany, said Ukraine’s foreign minister.