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Nov 2024
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US closes Kyiv embassy in anticipation o...

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Day 1,001.

Today, as the US closes its embassy in Kyiv in anticipation of Russian retaliation for Joe Biden’s recent policy shifts, we examine in more detail Russia’s new nuclear doctrine and ask: is it just the same old wine in a slightly newer bottle?.


Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon (Chemical Weapons Expert and Former Tank Commander). @HamishDBG on X.


Plus we hear from Francis Dearnley in Ukraine.


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