Mapping the WorldUkraine: The Nuclear Option

12 min

Available until 28/04/2029

04/06/2022

Three days after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 27 February 2022, Vladimir Putin announced that the nuclear deterrent would be put on ‘special combat alert’. Was this a threat of nuclear attack from the Russian president? Mapping the World takes a look at the geopolitics of  nuclear weapons from 1945 to the present day.

Presenter

Emilie Aubry

Country

France

Year

2022

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