The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapons

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: only Russia could use nuclear arms in Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that only Russia was capable of using nuclear weapons in Europe.

Reuters · Oct 23, 2022

Russian threats revive old nuclear fears in central Europe

Fighting around Ukraine’s nuclear power installations and Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons have reawakened nuclear fears in Europe

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2022

Putin's 'bid to test nuclear weapon for use in Ukraine has failed twice,' claims insider

Amid fears nuclear weapons could be fired on Ukraine, it is claimed Russia's president has faced some mysterious disruption with his atomic weapon ambitions - with suggestions it could be sabotage

Wales Online · Oct 21, 2022

'Severe consequences' for Vladimir Putin if he uses nuclear weapons, Downing Street warns

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

Wales Online · Oct 19, 2022

Putin will face ‘severe consequences’ if he uses nuclear weapons, No10 warns

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

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Why did Russia invade Ukraine and what could happen next?

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

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Russia Says Seized Ukrainian Lands Are under Its Nuclear Protection

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 18, 2022

Nuclear threat more useful to Russia than nuclear strike, Norway's armed forces chief says

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.

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022

Probability of nuclear war is now the same as 'Russian roulette', says scientist

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

Daily Mirror · Oct 17, 2022

Russia's nuclear arsenal is huge, but will Putin use it?

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

WEKU · Oct 17, 2022