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The UK had private fears about the threat from Russia as Ukraine gave up its inherited nuclear weapons, newly released documents show.

Hidakanyo receives accolade for campaign to rid world of nuclear weapons by ‘describing the indescribable’

Vladimir Putin’s top propagandist on state TV has warned that London could be the target of a nuclear attack if the Russian president sees fit.

China has over 500 operational nuclear warheads

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack.

Russian television has shown a simulation of a nuclear strike on central London with more than 850,000 deaths.

Putin’s top crony said ‘Russia is showing patience’ by not wielding nuclear weapons in response to Ukraine’s ongoing Kursk offensive.

Academics say vulnerability of the two countries’ nuclear launch sites makes dangerous mistakes more likely

Vladimir Putin deployed two Tu-95MS strategic nuclear missile carriers over Nato waters after accusing Britain of coordinating the incursion into Russia with Ukraine, it has been reported.

Russian propagandists are once again threatening Europeans with the “death of civilization,” and for the first time, Vladimir Putin is backing up his traditional nuclear saber rattling with actual exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces.

The South Korean company YG-1 has been confirmed as a supplier of metal-cutting equipment to Russia, which is actively being utilized by Russian defense manufacturers.

The MoD wants a super-fast rocket that can corner and swerve at speeds over 4,000mph

Deputy Oliver Dowden spent his Wednesday morning promoting a new website that helps people prepare for a national crisis after government research showed that more than 40 per cent of Brits do not have three days of supplies of non-perishable food and water.

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei has scrambled to assure his country that its warped regime will continue as normal following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi.

A shocking map has shown the devastating impact a nuclear attack could have across the UK - with millions dead, third-degree burns and cities completely destroyed

Recent weeks have seen European members of Nato warning the public that Russian action may be imminent

Tens of thousands of files dating from the Cold War that showed the horror effects of radiation and nuclear testing on British troops were covered up

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also condemned Iran

The Atomic Weapons Establishment says a ’software update’ means it has lost track of who has used its highly-classified databases.

Huge swathes of the UK would be wiped out if a nuclear attack was launched on Britain but London would be the likely target and would be destroyed

The classified papers describe a threshold for using tactical nuclear weapons that is lower than Russia has ever publicly admitted - including potential use on China

An expert tells TheMirror.com that Vladimir Putin feels enough time has passed that he can once again resort to 'straightforward nuclear bluster, and claims that confronting Moscow will mean the end of the world' in an effort to deter Western intervention in Ukraine