With Kyiv's troops breaking through in the east and south, Vladimir Putin's thuggish Chechen ally Ramzan Kadyrov has floated the idea of Moscow using a nuclear weapon. But how realistic is the threat?
, the former commander of the UK and Nato chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear forces, thinks Putin’s tactical nuclear weapons are unusable. “Even if their vehicles do work, the minute they turn their engines on to move they will be picked up by US and NATO intelligence,” he said.
Last weekend Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, declared nuclear weapon use would result in “catastrophic consequences” for Russia, adding that in private communications with Moscow, the United States had “spelled out” how America and the world would react.
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