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Russia seeks to intimidate West to halt military support for Ukraine, says German foreign policy expert

Russia is attempting to pressure Western countries into ending military aid to Ukraine through aggressive tactics and disregard for "red lines," according to Rolf Nikel, Vice President of the German Council on Foreign Relations.

byOlena Mukhina

russia resorts nuclear blackmail amid ukraine's kursk incursion power plant oblast credit

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Russian Aggression

Russia resorts to nuclear blackmail amid Ukraine’s Kursk incursion

Ukraine refutes Russian propaganda suggesting it plans to attack nuclear plants. The allegations continue Russia's nuclear blackmail and hint at possible false-flag attack plans.

byYuri Zoria

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The Times: UK considers developing long-range missiles to counter Russia’s nuclear threat

Earlier, General Sir Roly Walker, the new head of the British military, has cautioned that the UK must be prepared within three years to confront threats from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.

byOlena Mukhina

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Poland calls for long-term European rearmament to counter Russia

Polish FM also expressed skepticism about Russian threats of utilizing nuclear weapon, saying, "The Americans have told the Russians that if you explode a nuke, even if it doesn’t kill anybody, we will hit all your targets [positions] in Ukraine with conventional weapons, we’ll destroy all of them."

byMaria Tril

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ISW: Russia rattles nuclear weapons to sway Western policy

The Kremlin is timing its nuclear saber-rattling to coincide with major policy discussions in the West, in a bid to influence Western decision-makers, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War.

byMaria Tril

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Poland requests NATO nuclear weapon placement amid Russia’s nuclear threats

Poland officially requests deployment of NATO nuclear weapons on its soil as part of Nuclear Sharing program, citing need to bolster deterrence against Russia after Moscow stationed tactical nukes in Belarus.

byMaria Tril

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Lukashenka scared Belarusians with Lithuanian drones and NATO troops before unanimous approval of military doctrine

Lukashenka regime alleges prevention of a Lithuanian drone attack on Minsk and accuses the opposition of plotting to seize a Belarusian district to introduce NATO troops in Belarus.

byYuri Zoria

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Putin says Russia always ready to use nuclear weapons

In an interview for Kremlin-controlled media on 12 March, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia is “ready”…

byMaria Tril

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FT: Leaked Russian military documents show lower threshold for use of nuclear weapons than Putin claims

However, the nuclear threshold may be higher regarding Ukraine, according to William Alberque, the director of strategy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

byMaria Tril

A Russian Orthodox priest of the Moscow Patriarchate blesses a Russian S-300 nuclear-capable long range surface-to-air missile system. Photo: Aleksei Pavlischak / TASS

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Russia to launch nukes into space, US intel warns

Russia is preparing to put nuclear weapons into orbit, according to US intelligence sources, prompting a call for President Biden to declassify the information and coordinate a response with Congress and allies.

bySerge Havrylets

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The Telegraph: US to deploy nuclear weapons to UK air base

The return of American nuclear weapons for the first time in 15 years is said to be "part of a Nato-wide program to develop and upgrade nuclear sites in response to heightened tensions with the Kremlin."

byMaria Tril

Here's what nuclear weapons have to do with the Ukraine crisis

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Belarus to use nuclear weapons in new military doctrine

Belarus is preparing a new military doctrine that allows the use of nuclear weapons, which were deployed by Russia on its territory last year.

bySerge Havrylets

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Russian nuclear missile tests encounter failures, reveals Ukrainian intel

Recent missile tests in Russia have faced failures and delays, impacting the reliability of their strategic nuclear forces and raising questions about their nuclear capabilities.

byOrysia Hrudka

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Putin’s nuclear bluff: How the West and China called him out

According to the Financial Times, Russia’s president backed down from his nuclear threats against Ukraine after facing strong opposition from the UK, USA, France, and China.

bySerge Havrylets

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Ukraine’s nukeless fate: the untold story behind the Budapest betrayal

As early as 1993, Russia openly claimed Sevastopol in Crimea to be a Russian city, sought to return Crimea under its control, and refused to recognize Ukrainian borders. The US leadership at that time clearly saw this but still pushed towards nuclear disarmament of Ukraine

byBohdan Ben

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Russia simulates massive nuclear strikes in drills, exits test ban treaty

Russia demonstrated its nuclear capabilities by launching missiles from various platforms and announced its withdrawal from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

bySerge Havrylets