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nuclear weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the 7th enlarged plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 1, 2023 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim orders more production of weapons-grade nuclear materials

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow, Russia February 21, 2023. Sputnik/Dmitry Astakhov/Kremlin via REUTERS

Nato criticises Putin for 'dangerous and irresponsible' nuclear rhetoric

Smoke rises over the remains of a building destroyed by a military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine June 17, 2022. File Photo: Reuters

Kyiv calls for UN Security Council session over Putin's nuclear plans

Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, speaks during a news briefing, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 7, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Ukraine slams Putin plan to station Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus

A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launched during exercises held by the country's strategic nuclear forces at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, in this image taken from handout footage released October 26, 2022. The captioning data read": "Missile launcher Yars". Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

What are tactical nuclear weapons and what is Russia's policy?

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Biden says Putin's decision doesn't show he's thinking of using nuclear weapons

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

Saudi foreign minister: 'All bets off' if Iran gets nuclear weapon

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers his speech before he hands over the Marion Doenhoff Prize for international understanding and reconciliation to Russian Irina Sherbakova, co-founder of Russian rights group Memorial, during the award ceremony in Hamburg, Germany, December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Scholz: Risk of Russia using nuclear weapons has diminished, for now

Visitors stand in front of a giant screen displaying Chinese President Xi Jinping next to a flag of the Communist Party of China, at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing, China October 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo

China says US nuclear weapons report is speculation

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a visit to the Central Officers School of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 18, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim oversees ICBM test, vows more nuclear weapons

South Korea’s Defense Minister Jong-Sup Lee speaks during a joint news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Arlington, U.S., November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

South Korea not considering redeploying tactical nuclear weapons

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations logo is seen on a window in an empty hallway at United Nations headquarters during the 75th annual UN General Assembly high-level debate, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in New York, US, September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

UN rejects Russia's call for biological weapons probe

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on CHIPS manufacturing, at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York, U.S., October 27, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Biden: Putin's talk of possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine is 'dangerous'