A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.

Russians are up in arms against Vladimir Putin's government after Ukraine landed a significant blow by destroying a key ammo depot in Russia this Wednesday. A barrage of roughly 100 drones bombarded the site at Toropets,

Vyacheslav Volodin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, suggested that if Ukraine used Western weapons to strike Russian territory, Moscow would use nuclear weapons