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Why the world is so worried about Russia’s ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons

Russia is armed to the teeth with nuclear weapons, which some analysts fear it would consider using to escalate the conflict if it felt it was losing.

Ukrainian servicemen are seen at the explosion site after a rocket strike into a shopping mall on March 21 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Ukrainian servicemen are seen at the explosion site after a rocket strike into a shopping mall on March 21 in Kyiv, Ukraine.Read moreAnastasia Vlasova / MCT
    by Adam Taylor and William Neff, Washington Post
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