Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Putin has repeatedly made veiled threats to use tactical nuclear weapons against the West.
Moscow's defense doctrine envisages a nuclear response to an atomic strike or even an attack with conventional weapons that ...
Russia announced its military would run drills involving tactical nuclear weapons, which are for use on the battlefield ...
Russian officials claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct ...
The threat was in a response to recent comments by Western officials that European powers could do more to help Ukraine in ...
Tactical nuclear weapons for use against troops on the battlefield are less powerful than nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles that can destroy entire cities.
Russia has defended its veto of a U.N. resolution urging prevention of a space-based nuclear arms race, proposing their own resolution for a ban on space weapons.
The Kremlin said the drills were in response to French President Emmanuel Macron doubling down on the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, calling it a “totally new level of escalating tensions.” ...
The bill passed the U.S. Senate in March, and supporters demanded the House take up the measure with about a month until the program expires.
Claiming a "new round of escalation" from NATO amid the war in Ukraine, Russia plans drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered military drills simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons, his Defense ...
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Putin has hinted at the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons against Western nations. However, Monday marked the first public announcement of such ...