James Carafano, VP for national security and foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation, joined WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" radio program on Thursday to discuss Putin's latest threats.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 300,000 reservists will be drafted into the army in a partial mobilization, as he warned West he was not "bluffing" over nuclear weapons.
  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/09/21/ukraine-news-russia-war-putin-counter-offensive-mobilisation/
• 'This is a war by one man': Biden says Putin's bid to 'extinguish' Ukraine should 'make your blood run cold' and slams 'reckless' nuclear threats in speech accusing Russian leader of 'shamelessly' violating UN Charter https://mol.im/a/11235519

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