“If Russia were to be seen to win the war in Ukraine, they might want to do a demonstration nuclear strike in Ukraine.”

Russia would be prepared to use nuclear weapons to “set the tone” for “a new Cold War with the West”, says the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ William Alberque.

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