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Are Putin’s nuclear threats really likely to lead to Armageddon?

The realities underlying the menacing vocabulary are a grey area – it is far from certain that Putin would be prepared to use nuclear weapons

The Guardian - US

For Europe, Biden’s ‘Armageddon’ warning can’t be dismissed

European leaders said Friday that President Joe Biden’s warning about “Armageddon” and Russia’s possible use of nuclear weapons shows the seriousness of the threat from Moscow’s escalation in Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Joe Biden's grim 'Armageddon' warning as Putin threatens to use nuclear weapon in Ukraine

There are fears of an all-out nuclear war if the Russians do decide to push the button

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Biden warns world would face ‘Armageddon’ if Putin uses a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine

In his starkest assessment yet, US president says world is the closest it has come to nuclear catastrophe in 60 years

The Guardian - US

Putin could escalate "prospect of Armageddon" with nuclear weapons, Biden says

Biden warned that Putin might turn to nuclear weapons amid major setbacks in recent weeks.

Axios

Biden cites Cuban Missile Crisis in describing Putin's nuclear threat

U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons threatens to bring about the biggest such risk since the Cuban Missile Crisis, adding Washington was "trying to figure out" Putin's off-ramp.

Reuters

Poland suggests hosting US nuclear weapons amid growing fears of Putin’s threats

Request is widely seen as symbolic, as moving nuclear warheads closer to Russia would make them less militarily useful

The Guardian - US

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Over three-quarters of Americans support Iran nuclear talks - survey

Over three-quarters of Americans think the United States should pursue negotiations to prevent Iran from obtaining or developing a nuclear weapon, according to a survey taken by the nonpartisan Eurasia Group Foundation last month to be released on Wednesday.

Reuters

Fears Vladimir Putin plotting to test nuclear weapon after top-secret convoy spotted

Upgraded armoured vehicles and other military equipment linked to Russia's nefarious 12th Main Directorate - which is responsible for the country's nuclear weapons - were seen aboard a freight train trundling through central Russia

Daily Mirror

Will Russia use nuclear weapons? Putin's warnings explained

President Vladimir Putin, who rules the world's biggest nuclear power, has repeatedly cautioned the West that any attack on Russia could provoke a nuclear response.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin's henchman sends sons aged 14 to 16 into Ukraine war after nuke threat

Ramzan Kadyrov is sending his teenage sons, the youngest of whom is 14, to fight in Ukraine just days after urging Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in the conflict

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin’s warlord henchman urges Russia to use nuclear weapon in Ukraine

Ramzan Kadyrov, a Vladimir Putin ally and head of Russia's Chechnya region, said Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine after the loss of Lyman

Daily Mirror

Now the Americans are worried that Vladimir Putin may well hit the nuclear button

President Biden is an old man. This is not something American officials and those close to the White House are usually keen to signal but this week — as Russia made repeated thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons over Ukraine — they were. The commander-in-chief has vivid memories of…

Evening Standard

EXPLAINER: How real are Putin's nuclear threats in Ukraine?

Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that he won’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine’s attempt to reclaim control of Moscow-occupied areas that the Kremlin is about to annex

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The Conversation

What are tactical nuclear weapons? An international security expert explains and assesses what they mean for the war in Ukraine

Tactical nuclear weapons have burst onto the international stage as Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing battlefield losses in eastern Ukraine, has threatened that Russia will “make use of all weapon systems available to us” if Russia’s territorial integrity is threatened. Putin has characterized the war in Ukraine as an existential…

Reuters

Analysis-Truth or bluff? Why Putin's nuclear warnings have the West worried

President Vladimir Putin's latest warning that he is ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia amid the war in Ukraine has made a troubling question much more urgent: Is the former KGB spy bluffing?

The Independent UK

How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?

Vladimir Putin placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’ at the start of the conflict and has continued his sabre-rattling ever since

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia: Nuclear Warning Is Not a Bluff

An ally of President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday outlined the scenario of a nuclear strike on Ukraine, saying that the US-led NATO military alliance would be too scared of a "nuclear apocalypse" to directly enter the conflict in response. Dmitry Medvedev, a former president who now serves as deputy chairman…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Chief Urges End to ‘Era of Nuclear Blackmail’

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call Monday for the global abolition of nuclear weapons as concerns grow over Russia's threat to use them in the Ukraine war. "Decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, we can hear once again the rattling of nuclear sabers," Guterres told a special…

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Russian conscripts being sent straight to front, Kyiv says; UK sanctions Russians linked to ‘sham referendums’ – as it happened

Untrained conscripts being sent directly to Ukraine frontline, Kyiv claims; UK announces new package of sanctions

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 215 of the invasion

A Russian man has shot the leader of the local military draft committee in a Siberian town; protests against Kremlin’s military call-up continue

The Guardian - US

Jake Sullivan: US will act ‘decisively’ if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine

US national security adviser says: ‘Any use of nuclear weapons will be met with catastrophic consequences for Russia’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi FM Calls on Iran to Be Transparent about Its Nuclear Program

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan expressed his country’s concern over Iran’s acquiring a nuclear weapon, warning of the danger this could pose to the regional and international security. The top Saudi diplomat said on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York: “We are concerned…

The Independent UK

How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?

Vladimir Putin earlier this year placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’

The Guardian - US

Yes, Putin might use nuclear weapons. We need to plan for scenarios where he does

Putin’s saber-rattling doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll deploy nukes. But he certainly could

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