SpaceWar.com reports: “China and Brazil led a joint call Friday against any use or threat of nuclear weapons over Ukraine, in a thinly veiled criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s saber-rattling.

‘We call on refraining from the use or the threat of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons and chemical and biological weapons,’ said a joint statement issued at the United Nations that was also signed by South Africa and Turkey.

Putin this week threatened to use nuclear weapons in the event of a major attack on Russian soil as Ukraine, which his forces invaded in 2022, seeks Western weapons to strike deeper across the border…”