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Europe is closer to using nuclear weapons than at any time since the end of the Cold War, warns former Russian foreign minister
 [DailyMail] The threat of nuclear war has been brought much closer thanks to the stand-off in Ukraine warns a former Russian foreign minister.Igor Ivanov, who served from 1998 to 2004 and now leads a government backed think-tank, said on Saturday: 'The risk of confrontation with the use of nuclear weapons in Europe is higher than in the 1980s.' He said the East versus West altercation over the Ukraine crisis has meant the risk of nuclear warfare is growing despite countries cutting their arsenals. Speaking at an event in Brussels with the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Poland, Mr Ivanov said: 'We have less nuclear warheads, but the risk of them being used is growing.'" Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-03-20 |
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