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Ukraine rejects Western fear that Putin would use nuclear weapons to keep Crimea

By Joel Gehrke
Published May 2, 2023 7:04am ET
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Ukraine rejects Western fear that Putin would use nuclear weapons to keep Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t use nuclear weapons to retain control of Crimea, according to a senior Ukrainian official who rejected contrary Western warnings as a product of Russian “propaganda.” “I don’t think that they [will] use a nuclear weapon, tactical nuclear weapon, against Ukraine,” Ukrainian special representative Tamila Tasheva told the Washington Examiner. “I […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t use nuclear weapons to retain control of Crimea, according to a senior Ukrainian official who rejected contrary Western warnings as a product of Russian “propaganda.”

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