Russia is losing ground in Ukraine's east and south, areas it claims to be annexing. Kremlin watchers are faced with a pressing question: Will President Vladimir Putin pull the nuclear trigger?
Also, Russian leader to finalize his plan to annex 4 Ukrainian regions, even as his forces are pushed backRussian President Vladimir Putin watches a military exercise outside
Vladivostok on Sept. 6. Putin's threats to use 'all the means at our disposal' to defend his country as it wages war in Ukraine have cranked up global fears that he might use his nuclear arsenal.
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