After the Soviet Union’s 1991 collapse, Ukraine inherited the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal (appx 1,900 warheads, ICBMs, bombers). -Despite desires by some to retain them for deterrence ...

Ukraine is one of only two countries in the world where the majority of residents consider maintaining or developing nuclear weapons as the most important deterrence priority. The other is Jamaica.

Could Ukraine produce a nuclear bomb and transborder missiles to halt Russia’s invasion? A global expert on atomic arms ...

Russia asked the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Friday to mediate between Moscow and Washington to resolve the question of what to ...

The updated doctrine, formally known as “The basics of state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence,” outlines ... The war in Ukraine, which entered its 1,000th day on Tuesday, has ...

At least 41 Russian aircraft were destroyed or damaged across four airfields in one of the most devastating Ukrainian drone ...

She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in ... of the Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence. The consequences are obvious." ...

Humanity has lived with nuclear weapons for so long — 80 years, this year — without destroying itself, that we sometimes take ...

While nuclear crises between the “Big Three” can still be managed, preventing an arms race will be much more difficult.

If Putin is bluffing, as Ukraine and some of its supporters ... was important not to overreact. "Russian nuclear use is not imminent," he said on X. "Concern is warranted only when Russia signals ...