The world won’t “allow” Moscow to use the nuclear option, the Ukrainian leader told Germany’s Bild tabloid Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has said he “does not believe” Moscow could resort to the nuclear option in its ongoing conflict with his country, he told Germany’s Bild tabloid on Wednesday.

The US dollar soared to 20-year highs early on Wednesday amid growing investor concerns after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of “nuclear blackmail” and ordered a limited mobilization of reservist troops to protect the country’s territorial integrity.

The United States is in “deep” talks with India over its reliance on Russian arms and energy, a US State Department official said on Tuesday, according to CNN. “India is heavily, heavily dependent on Russia, and that’s something that they did to themselves over some 40 years: first their military and then their energy dependence,”…