Russia nuclear weapons

<!-- -->The plan for the nuclear deployment was announced by Vladimir Putin on March 25. (File)Moscow: Russia moved ahead on Thursday with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, whose leader said the warheads were…

<!-- -->Ukraine said it was seeking an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over the move. (File)Moscow: The Kremlin on Monday said Western criticism would not change plans announced by President Vladimir Putin to deploy…

Ukraine’s government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Russia has struck a deal with neighboring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory but will not…

Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated in an interview set to be broadcast Sunday that Russia suspended its participation in the New START treaty not only because of U.S. nuclear capabilities but those of other NATO countries. As…

China on Friday warned Russia against threatening to use nuclear weapons during its so-called ‘military operation’ in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported citing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any intentions of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine but described the conflict there as part of alleged efforts by the West to secure its global domination, which he insisted…

Rebuffed by Western countries, Russia doubled down on its claim that Kyiv is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” in Ukraine and said it would bring the issue to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Russia sent a letter on its claims…

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…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a number of recent threats alluding to his willingness to use nuclear weapons — but should he pull the trigger, his own military might not obey him, according to a  former U.S. ambassador to…