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<h1 class="reader-title">Putin says no one can win a nuclear war</h1>
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<h2>Putin says 'there can be no winners in a
nuclear war and it should never be unleashed'</h2>
<p>International concern about the risk of a
nuclear confrontation has heightened since
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.</p>
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<p><time datetime="2022-08-01T15:35:24.832Z"
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content="2022-08-01T15:35:24.832Z">Aug. 1, 2022,
3:35 PM UTC</time></p>
<p><span> / Source: Reuters</span></p>
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<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday
there could be no winners in a nuclear war and no
such war should ever be started.</p>
<p>Putin made the comment in a letter to
participants of a conference on the nuclear
nonproliferation treaty (NPT), more than five
months into his war on Ukraine.</p>
<p>“We proceed from the fact that there can be no
winners in a nuclear war and it should never be
unleashed, and we stand for equal and indivisible
security for all members of the world community,”
he said.</p>
<p>International concern about the risk of a nuclear
confrontation has heightened since <a
href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia-ukraine-news"
target="_blank">Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb.
24</a>. In a speech at the time, Putin pointedly
referred to Russia’s nuclear arsenal and warned
outside powers against any attempt to interfere.</p>
<p>“Whoever tries to hinder us ... should know that
Russia’s response will be immediate. And it will
lead you to such consequences that you have never
encountered in your history,” he said.</p>
<p>Days later, he ordered Russia’s nuclear forces to
be put on high alert.</p>
<p>The war in Ukraine has raised geopolitical
tensions to levels not seen since the 1962 Cuban
Missile Crisis.</p>
<p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
said in March: “The prospect of nuclear conflict,
once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of
possibility.”</p>
<p>Politicians in both Russia and the United States
have spoken publicly of the risk of World War
Three. CIA director William Burns said in April
that given the setbacks Russia had suffered in
Ukraine, “none of us can take lightly the threat
posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear
weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons.”</p>
<p>Russia, whose military doctrine allows for the
use of nuclear weapons in the event of an
existential threat to the Russian state, has
accused the West of waging a “proxy war” against
it by arming Ukraine and imposing sanctions on
Moscow.</p>
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