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. Will Putin use nuclear weapons, how many such weapons does he command and how might the United States and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance respond? WILL PUTIN GO NUCLEAR? Much […]
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Putin Issues Nuclear Threat Over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to threaten the use of nuclear weapons during a televised address to the Russian people early on Wednesday morning amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. In the pre-recorded address, Putin said he was willing to respond to what he described as the West’s “nuclear blackmail” using his country’s own weapons, […]
‘Nuclear War our only option’ says Russian TV
A presenter on Russia’s state-owned Russia 1 has threatened that a nuclear weapons deployment will be the only option left to Russia after Finland and Sweden join NATO. “Their official reason [to join NATO] is fear. But they’ll have more fear in NATO. When NATO bases appear in Sweden and Finland, Russia will have no […]
Nuclear War threatened by Russia as Finland announces Nato membership
The Finnish President told Vladimir Putin his country will join NATO in a ‘direct and straightforward’ phone call. Sauli Niinistö said the conversation was ‘conducted without aggravations’ as both parties worked to ‘avoid tensions’. The discussion came as Russia cut off electricity supplies to the country and a Putin lackey boasted that the Kremlin could […]
Will Putin Risk Using Nuclear Weapons?
The world faces a growing threat of Russia using nuclear weapons as the nation continues to face losses in Ukraine, according to one U.S. senator. Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke about the prospect during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. The New Jersey democrat said he fears Russian President Vladimir […]
More than 80% of Russians Fear Nuclear War With U.S.—Poll
he invasion of Ukraine has driven a new ideological wedge between Moscow and Washington, leaving a majority of Russians and Americans fearing a nuclear exchange, new polling shows. A survey published on Wednesday by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Levada Center, Russia’s last independent pollster, found clear Cold War-like divisions among the […]
Mattis Warns North Korea Of Overwhelming Military Response
North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, prompting the threat of a “massive” military response from the United States if it or its allies are threatened. Speaking outside the White House after meeting with President Donald Trump […]