[HIGHLIGHTS] Secret papers leaked: Putin has “low inhibitions” about using nuclear weapons

Secret papers leaked: Putin has “low inhibitions” about using nuclear weapons. Russia will invest record sums in its arms industry in 2024.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Russia had 4,489 operational nuclear warheads in 2023. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov threatened to use nuclear weapons when NATO wanted to equip the Ukrainians with F-16 fighter jets. “The mere fact that the Ukrainian armed forces will have such systems will be viewed as a threat from the West in the nuclear field,” said a confidant at the time.