Vladimir Putin has said its strategic nuclear weapons forces are on high alert, prompting fears over what could happen next.
Fifa is set to ban Russia's national teams from international football until further notice, reports suggest.
"To the people of Britain, I ask you that when you come home from work today, hug your family, hug your kids, close your eyes and for a second just imagine there are explosions outside your house."
"This is five years of work. Everyone who tried to minimise, disrupt or deny this better take shelter," said one person in response to the thread.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that many impacts of the climate crisis were already "irreversible".
"In the many, many ways I imagined the Tories could be the death of us, Liz Truss starting a nuclear war wasn't actually one of them."
It comes as a Ukrainian sailor partially sunk a Russian arms tycoon’s yacht.
The losses and shock inflicted on my family feel strikingly similar to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the impact it is already having on the country's people.
"The owner of this ship is a criminal who makes his living selling weapons and now they kill Ukrainians," he told a court in Spain.
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