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    Doyle McManus: Can the US deter Putin from using his arsenal of battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

    WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded the world last week that he controls the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. It wasn't the first time. "If anyone decides to meddle (in Ukraine) and create unacceptable strategic threats for Russia, they must know our response will be lightning-quick," Putin said Wednesday. "We have all the tools for this … and we will use them if ...
    by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times May 02, 2022 3 minutes
    Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Russian government via teleconference in Moscow on March 10, 2022.

    WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded the world last week that he controls the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons.

    It wasn't the first time.

    "If anyone decides to meddle (in Ukraine) and create unacceptable strategic threats for Russia, they must know our response will be lightning-quick," Putin said Wednesday. "We have all the tools for this … and we will use them if we have to."

    Two days earlier, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivered the same message a little more diplomatically.

    ", real. It should not be underestimated,"

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