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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Julian Borger

How might Russia respond to UK and US letting Ukraine hit it with their missiles?

Vladimir Putin at a meeting table
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the deputy prime minister in the Kremlin on Wednesday. Photograph: Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AP

Moscow has threatened to retaliate for the decision taken by the US and the UK to allow their long-range missiles to be used in strikes inside Russian territory, and warned that nothing is off the table. Earlier this week, the Kremlin announced a formal change in its nuclear doctrine which specifically envisages a possible nuclear response to Nato-assisted strikes on Russian soil. So, how far is Vladimir Putin prepared to go?

How likely is it that Russia would use nuclear weapons in the Ukrainian conflict?

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