Latest Ukraine updates: Kadyrov urges use of nuclear weapon

Ukraine news from October 1: Head of Chechnya calls for more 'drastic measures' including martial law in border towns.

By Usaid Siddiqui Published 2022-10-01 03:22 Updated 2022-10-02 15:11 1 min read Source: Al Jazeera

Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov [File: Chingis Kondarov/Reuters]

The head of Russia’s region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, says Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine.
Russian forces have withdrawn from the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine to avoid being surrounded by Ukraine’s army, Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday.
South Korea and Turkey say they do not recognise Russia’s declared annexation of parts of Ukraine, in separate statements.
Ukraine’s Energoatom says the director-general of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been detained by a Russian patrol.

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