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UK nuclear deterrent could do ‘untold damage’, Healey warns

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Defence Secretary John Healey (Oli Scarff/PA) - (PA Wire)

Britain could do “untold damage” to adversaries with its nuclear deterrent, the Defence Secretary has said as military officials discussed plans to safeguard any ceasefire for Ukraine.

John Healey said the UK should not “fight shy” of the fact it has such weapons, which he described as the “ultimate guarantor” in a stark warning to Moscow.

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