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The ruse with the dirty bomb: A sign of Putin’s weakness?

By DW
04 November 2022   |   12:55 pm
As Ukraine presses its counteroffensive against Russian occupying forces in the south, Moscow’s doing some nuclear muscle flexing, conducting military exercises simulating response to a nuclear attack and accusing Kiev of planning to launch one.

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