The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised anew the possibility he might use nuclear weapons against Ukraine to prevail in a conflict going sideways. The smart money says he won’t, because doing so — or otherwise expanding the conflict drastically — wouldn’t make a bad situation any better.

Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell warned that the war has reached a “dangerous moment” and Western nations to be on high alert

Putin’s saber-rattling doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll deploy nukes. But he certainly could

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said that using nuclear weapons was not the solution regarding the war in Ukraine. Russia has sent nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus, while Belarusian warplanes have been modified to…

In a televised address earlier this week, the Russian leader appeared to suggest that conflict in Ukraine could spiral into a nuclear crisis - he also announced a partial military mobilisation, with 300,000 reservists set to be called up

Two Russian officials ease fears of nuclear conflict after the president’s thinly veiled warning to the West.

An expert claims there are two scenarios in which Vladimir Putin would use nuclear weapons - warning that the tyrant doing so "has the potential to destabilise" and "extend the war"

Author Ward Wilson advocates eliminating nuclear weapons. Defense consultant Peter Huessy says that's unrealistic.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that Moscow was not threatening anybody with nuclear weapons, and that open confrontation with the United States and NATO was not in Russia's interests, state news agencies reported.