Dutch prime minister dismisses Putin's warning as a 'panic reaction'

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has responded to threats made by Vladimir Putin on Wednesday by saying the Russian leader was acting in a panic and that the ‘rhetoric had been heard before’. In a televised address, Putin announced the ‘partial mobilisation’ of Russia by calling up 300,000 military reservists and threatened with nuclear weapons, telling his audience that ‘I am not bluffing’. He also voiced support for referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine about joining the Russian Federation, accusing...