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Putin Prepares Siege of Kyiv

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The Odds of Chemical Weapons Being Unleashed by Putin

Chemical weapons are not hugely dangerous, except in very defined circumstances. The fear factor gives value to chemical weapons in terms of key. For civilians, it is e fear which actually haunts people. And this is why there is a risk poty may do this simply because he got no other way of almost willing people into submission. I'm not sure even that would work. There are very big potential costs for him. Simply, you have this opprobrium for chemical warfare right across the world. We actually have a fully fledged chemical weapons convention with inspectors and the rest. i think, i don't know whether potin is even looking at it this way, but i think the

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