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How The War In Ukraine Could Go Nuclear

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Russia Suspends New Start Treaty

Putin announced that he's suspending the new start treaty James do you see that as having a significant impact on the likelihood of the use of nuclear weapons or proliferation in general? The immediate effect of Russia's suspension of new start would be the loss of notification so under the treaty the US and Russia required to exchange notifications with one another when strategic weapons are put into service. I think it's pretty unlikely we'll even be able to get any kind of politically binding agreement to replace it, says John Defterios.

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