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The potential loss of face for Putin before the Russian people in the case that Zelenskyy is successful in repelling further Russian occupational gains might provide an incentive for Putin to expand his theater of warfare to include tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine. Putin does consider it politically justified to apply first-use of ...
Ukraine is home to four nuclear power plants, as well as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. [1] As of January 2024, both the Chernobyl and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants saw battles during the war that resulted from the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
She argued that the deterrent value of the nuclear weapons in Ukraine was questionable. While Ukraine had "administrative control" of the weapons delivery systems, it would have needed 12 to 18 months to establish full operational control, and Ukraine would have faced sanctions from the West and likely retaliation from Russia.
The United States will provide Ukraine with what it requires "to fight for its survival and security,” Austin said in a speech at the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine. He noted that the U.S. has delivered more than $58 billion in security assistance for Ukraine since Russia's February 2022 full-scale invasion, making it Kyiv's main backer.
The decision to change Russia's official nuclear doctrine is the Kremlin's answer to deliberations in the United States and Britain about whether or not to give Ukraine permission to fire ...
Austin purportedly responded by explaining how, if the U.S. does not continue its support for Ukraine, Russia may go after a NATO ally in the future, drawing the U.S. directly into the conflict ...
At least 315,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded since February 2022, Austin said, and Russia “has squandered up to $211 billion to equip, deploy, maintain, and sustain its imperial ...
Among them: millions of Ukrainians have fled to the European Union; the United Nations estimates that at least 12,000 civilians have been killed, more than double that severely injured; Ukraine's ...