Amidst heightened tensions in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, Vladimir Putin’s recent deployment of a nuclear fleet to Europe’s doorstep has sparked concerns of escalating hostilities. The Kremlin’s move involved positioning a fleet of 11 nuclear-capable jets, including strategic bombers like the TU-160 ‘Blackjack’ and TU-95 ‘Bear’ hydrogen bomb carriers, at... 

Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Nikolai Makarov Russia would use nuclear weapons in response to any imminent threat to its national security, Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Nikolai Makarov said on Wednesday. “We are certainly not planning to fight against the whole of NATO,” Makarov said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio, “but if there is a threat to the integrity of...