‘Fatal point of no return’: Putin warns against use of nukes amid global tensions

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends Valdai International Discussion Club in Moscow (Picture credit: Reuters) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned that the world was living through a dangerous moment, saying escalating international conflicts could reach a “fatal point of no return” and stressing that weapons of mass destruction must never be used.Speaking at the Valdai Forum of international Russia experts in Moscow, Putin said the world’s leading powers possessed arsenals capable of destroying all life or reducing the Earth to a “catastrophic state”.He urged countries to recognise how quickly escalating retaliation could lead to an irreversible situation.“We must realise that the moment when nothing can be changed any longer may come very quickly and unexpectedly for everyone. The logic of escalating, increasingly harsh retaliatory measures leads to a fatal point of no return,” Putin said.“At the heart of this escalation lie arrogance and overconfidence. This is a path to the brink of the abyss. All the more so today, when the arsenals of the world’s leading powers contain weapons capable of destroying all life or, at the very least, reducing the Earth to a cat...