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As the world fears Vladimir Putin could fire nuclear weapons on Ukraine, it is claimed that the Russian President is facing disruptions with his atomic weapon plans due to 'sabotage' or technical issues

Given where most of the fighting and dying is taking place it is easy to think that the current European security crisis is primarily about Ukraine. This tendency is reinforced by the fact that Russia and the west are keen to keep the war limited to Ukrainian territory.

The dispute is taking place at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston, Berks

The ballot opens on October 24 and will run for two weeks

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said the UK Government was 'taking a strong lead in this area'

Downing Street said Vladimir Putin is already conducting ‘a senseless and barbaric attack on civilians across Ukraine’.

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

Russia said on Tuesday that four Ukrainian regions whose annexation it proclaimed last month are under the protection of its nuclear arsenal. The statement from the Kremlin came at a moment of acute tension, with both NATO and Russia expected to hold military exercises shortly to test the readiness of…

The West should listen carefully when Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about using nuclear weapons but should remember that it is more useful for him to threaten their use than to go ahead, the head of Norway's armed forces told Reuters.

Leading scientist Professor Max Tegmark has worked out that the probability of an apocalyptic nuclear war over the Ukraine crisis now stands at just one in six or the same as Russian roulette

Experts in Russian doctrine worry that as the war in Ukraine gets more desperate, Russia might be tempted to detonate a nuclear weapon.