Russia was about to deploy a nuclear weapon in Ukraine in October 2022. The newspaper ‘The New York Times’ writes this based on testimonies from White House officials. Top-secret intercepted communications appeared to indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use a nuclear weapon was taking the form of an operational plan. And that for the first time since the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a nuclear weapon might be used in a war.
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White House: “Russia seriously considered using nuclear weapon in Ukraine in October 2022”
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