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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Carole Cadwalladr

Putin has already deployed a chemical weapon. In Salisbury

Two people in yellow-green hazmat suits fastening a yellow and white tent
People in hazmat suits during the cleanup operation following the poisoning of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

More than two weeks into the war in Ukraine, and the unthinkable is not only being thought, it’s being said out loud: could Putin use nuclear weapons?

The Ukrainian forces’ tenacity in fighting back has been extraordinary, but could it make Putin even more dangerous? And what happens if he fails with conventional weapons? Will he use unconventional ones next?

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