Some Russian officials and commentators have provoked global tensions by suggesting nuclear warfare could result from nations interfering in the Ukraine war.
A high-ranking Russian official is touting his nation's nuclear arsenal as the world's best.Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia's Security Council, said during a recent appearance at the Znanie education expo in Moscow that his nation for the first time has surpassed all other countries in terms of nuclear proficiency.
Both countries possess more than 1,000 warheads that have been previously retired from military service and are being dismantled.John Erath, the senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Newsweek that Patrushev's boastfulness is akin to 'that kid on the playground who always had to believe he or she had it better than everyone else.
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