Putin confidant warns: Nuclear attack is “most likely” coming. Secret files show that Russia's threshold for nuclear war is lower than expected.

“They show that the operational threshold for using nuclear weapons is quite low if the desired result cannot be achieved with conventional ones,” says Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Moscow.. As of: March 31, 2024, 12:03 p.m By: Christoph Gschoßmann CommentsPressSplit How real is the nuclear threat posed by Russia? A Putin confidant now calls a nuclear strike “highly likely.”