NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny were among the world leaders and officials who reacted to Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to mobilize 300,000 military troops for the Ukrainian war on Wednesday.

Biden slammed the move, saying Russia had "shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations charter" by invading Ukraine and that Moscow was making threats to use nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, Stoltenberg called it "dangerous and reckless nuclear rhetoric," saying it would have unprecedented consequences.

Earlier on Wednesday, in addition to ordering the mobilization, Putin had made a thinly veiled threat to use nuclear weapons, accusing western nations of "nuclear blackmail."

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