Putin issues NUCLEAR warning

. >> Sandra: GOT IT. DANAMARIE McNICHOLL WITH. ASTEROID AND THE DETAILS. THANK YOU. >> John: HOW ABOUT THIS? RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. ISSUING A NUCLEAR WARNING TO. NATO SAYING HE WOULD USE ALL THE. WEAPONRY AT ITS DISPOSAL IF THE. ALLIANCE ATTACKS WOULD TRY TO. ISOLATE THE RUSSIAN ENCLAVE OF. KALININGRAD. CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY. CORRESPONDENT JENNIFER GRIFFIN. WITH THE LATEST. I DIDN'T KNOW NATO HAD PLANS TO. DO THAT. >> WELL, AS YOU MENTIONED, JOHN,

RUSSIA SENT A WRITTEN WARNING. SAYING IT WOULD USE NUCLEAR. WEAPONS IF IT FEELS THE RUSSIAN. ENCLAVE OF KALININGRAD IS UNDER. THREAT. KALININGRAD IS WEDGED BETWEEN. LITHUANIA ANAND POLAND ON THE. BALTIC SEA. IT IS USED BY RUSSIA AS AN. INTELLIGENCE LISTENING POST AND. BASE FOR ITS HYBRID WARFARE. >> IF IT COMES TO A DIRECTED. ATTACK ON THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. SPECIFICALLY TARGETING. KALININGRAD OR OTHER TERRITORIES. THEN THE QUESTION OF THE RUSSIAN. FEDERATION USING ALL THE.

WEAPONRY AT ITS DISPOSAL WILL. INEVITABLY AND IMMEDIATELY. APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. >> PUTIN MADE THE WARNING WHILE. SPEAKING AT A FOREIGN POLICY. FORUM THURSDAY. A NOT SO VEILED REFERENCE TO USE. NUCLEAR WEAPONS PART OF PUTIN'S. ONGOING EFFORT TO DIVIDE THE. NATO ALLIANCE AND TURN NATO FROM. HELPING UKRAINE. A NATO SPOKESPERSON CALLED THE. THREAT IRRESPONSIBLE NUCLEAR. RHETORIC. MEANTIME, OFFICIALS IN KYIV SAY. THEY'VE INTERCEPTED RUSSIAN.

PLANS TO FREEZE AND STARVE. UKRAINE THIS WINTER BY ATTACKING. UKRAINE'S ENERGY SYSTEM CUTTING. MAJOR TOWNS OFF FROM POWER, HEAT. AND WATER INCLUDING PLANNED. STRIKES ON INFRASTRUCTURE. CONNECTING THE COUNTRY'S THREE. OPERATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. TO THE GRID. GARRY KASPAROV, THE FORMER WORLD. CHESS CHAMPION AND PROMINENT. DISSIDENT WHO THE FBI WARNED. RECENTLY RUSSIA TRIED TO KILL ON. U.S. TERRITORY TOLD REPORTERS. TODAY TO EXPECT THE MOST BRAZEN. ACTS FROM PUTIN IN THE NEXT. THREE MONTHS BECAUSE PUTIN DOES.

NOT BELIEVE THE U.S. OR NATO. WILL STOP HIM IN LIGHT OF. UPCOMING U.S. ELECTIONS. >> RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA IS ALWAYS. MOCKING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR. TRANSMITTING THE BELIEF OF THE. KREMLIN THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK TO. OPPOSE RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES. >> RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY. SPOKESWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA. THREATENED EUROPEAN FACTORIES.

PRODUCING WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE, ADDING THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED. LEGITIMATE RUSSIAN MILITARY. TARGETS. >> John: LET.