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Nuclear blackmail
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Ukrainian military strategy legend explains how Ukraine can win the war
The unity of the Ukrainian people in their fight against Russian invaders has become an unexpected trump card…
Putin plans to deploy nuclear weapons to Belarus – Belarusian politician
There are signs indicating that Russia is getting ready to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus in the…
Song of former Russian space chief glorifies ICBMs, threatens Sarmat nuclear strike on USA
A song performed by Russian Duma MP Denis Maydanov to the lyrics of former Roscomos head Dmitry Rogozin…
Harsh warnings convinced Putin not to use nukes – Nuland
Harsh warnings of the West helped the Russian President Vladimir Putin realize that the use of nukes would…
Russia to focus on strengthening its nuclear forces in 2023 – Russia’s Defense Minister
Russia will focus on building infrastucture for its nuclear forces in 2023, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has…
A NATO intervention in Ukraine would prevent nuclear disaster: Opinion
Hybrid war, or “the parallel and synchronized use of both military and non-military means to undermine and destabilize…
Russia is deescalating nuclear blackmail, as it has not coerced Kyiv into negotiating – ISW
In its daily Russian Offensive review, the Institute for Study of War notes that Russian officials began de-escalating…
West must avert long-term war in Ukraine – US Gen. Wesley Clark
During a special military panel of the Kyiv Security Forum, Wesley Clark, the retired US four-star general and…
Russian propaganda escalates, laying ground for nuclear strike
While continuing its armed assault on the battlefields of Donbas, the Kremlin is boosting its attacks against Ukraine…
Russians increasingly casual in talking about use of nuclear weapons
One of the most dangerous trends in Russia today is the increasingly casual approach many people there have…
Garry Kasparov: If Putin’s nuclear blackmail works against Ukraine, he will use it next in Poland or Estonia
[editorial]If Putin’s nuclear blackmail, which has so far prevented the West from taking an active military part in…
Is Putin mentally ill? Would he press the nuclear button? Interview with top Ukrainian psychoanalyst
[editorial]Is Putin really mentally ill? What is his mental “programming” and how it affects his goals and methods?…
Putin’s nuclear arms blackmail caused a ‘mini-Chornobyl’
When the Chornobyl nuclear accident took place in 1986, the behavior of the Soviet powers that be was…
Kremlin’s ‘Mobilization Party’ believes limited nuclear strike would save its power at home and boost Russia’s abroad, Piontkovsky says
A newly coalescing “Mobilization Party” in the Kremlin is convinced that it can only save its own position…
Piontkovsky: To save his regime, Putin preparing to use nuclear weapons convinced West will blink first
“Even the toughest authoritarian regime cannot operate on force alone,” Andrey Piontkovsky says, noting that the collapse of…
Putin, his position shaky, may begin new aggression with nuclear blackmail, Piontkovsky says
Russia is not in a position to engage in an arms race with the United States, Andrey Piontkovsky…
Putin is preparing to fight and win a limited nuclear war against the West, Skobov says
Putin is preparing to fight and win a limited nuclear war, convinced that “the effete West will refuse…
Russian Orthodox Church: Performance of song about nuking US in St. Isaac’s Cathedral ‘in bad taste’
Few stories from Russia in recent times (other than anything connected with Vladimir Putin) have sparked a larger…
Putin has three goals in playing nuclear card against West now, Kirillova says
Vladimir Putin’s new round of sabre rattling against the United States is not simply an extension of what…
‘Undoubtedly Russia has put nuclear weapons in occupied Crimea,’ Felgenhauer says
Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent Russian military analyst, says that even though Moscow will not confirm or deny the…