Vladimir Putin has deployed strategic nuclear bombers as the UN warns the world is 'staring into the abyss of a Third World War' - and the UK prepares to help fortify Nato's eastern front against Russian attack. The Russian president has launched the Tu-22M3 aircrafts in a renewed show of aggression - which the UN security council warned could escalate into global conflict. Footage shows Kremlin long-range aviation forces carrying out an air strike on a 'simulated' enemy, with the aim of 'disrupting the control system and destroying critical objects'.