[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. When it became known in the summer of 2023 that NATO wanted to equip the Ukrainians with F-16 fighter jets, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov threatened to use nuclear weapons, writes the FT. Since the papers are said to be ten years old, there is apparently no mention of Ukraine as a scenario.