At the start of the Ukraine war, President Vladimir Putin ratcheted tensions by threatening to use nuclear weapons. Should this threat be taken seriously, and how should the West be reaping? Pavel Povdig, Senior Researcher in the WMD Programme at UNIDIR, lets us into this opaque world of nuclear arms. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

<p>At the start of the Ukraine war, President Vladimir Putin ratcheted tensions by threatening to use nuclear weapons. Should this threat be taken seriously, and how should the West be reaping? Pavel Povdig, Senior Researcher in the WMD Programme at UNIDIR, lets us into this opaque world of nuclear arms. Image credit: Shutterstock.com</p>

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