Vladimir Putin was apparently so close to launching a nuke in 2022 that Liz Truss spent her brief time in office preparing for the fallout. A new biography of Ms Truss claims the former prime minister spent her final days in No 10 examining weather maps and preparing for UK radiation cases after American spies warned her that Putin was dangerously close to pressing the button.

VLADIMIR Putin was so close to letting off a nuke in October 2022 that crisis meetings were held over the fallout ­hitting Britain. Ex-PM Liz Truss spent her final days in office studying weather

Liz Truss reportedly spent her final days in office studying weather maps and preparing for UK radiation cases when she became aware of Vladimir Putin's planned attack

World leaders were so concerned about Russian President Vladimir Putin launching nukes in Ukraine that crisis meetings were held.

Whitehall disaster planners feared that any radioactive fallout from a blast would travel the 1,700 miles to Britain.

Crisis meetings were held in Britain because of concerns Vladimir Putin was close to deploying nuclear weapons in Ukraine in October 2022, an updated biography of Liz Truss claims. The former prime minister was concerned wind would carry the fallout to British skies, according to the book Out of the Blue.

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss was only in office for 45 days, but spent the final days of premiership analysing weather data over fears a nuclear attack in Ukraine could have a devastating impact on

The leading military commander in Ukraine said 'tens of thousands of enemy soldiers' have arrived to expel Kyiv's forces from the enclave, sparking concerns in the West of an escalation.

A new repot by the Sun claimed that Russian president Putin came extremely close to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine in 2022. The report was based on information from former UK PM Liz Truss’ biography and claimed that she spent her last days in the office fearing an attack may affect Britain due to wrong weather patterns.