Russian nuclear diplomacy in the war on Ukraine: challenging by practice
Journal: International and Political Studies
Year: 2025

Early morning of February 24, 2022, Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine was accom- panied by the public TV speech of President V. Putin, who strongly warned the West from interference in Russia’s «special military operation» against Ukraine. The clear hint of the possibility of nuclear use has defined the whole of Moscow’s war campaign against Ukraine. Since then, the «nuclear trump» appeared in Russian official and media rhetoric almost every month, giving a new «red line» Moscow was drawing to t