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How serious are Putin's nuclear threats?

Your questions answered on ATACMS, land mines and the risk of escalation

Your questions answered on ATACMS, land mines and the risk of escalation

Jamie and Vitaly are joined by the defence editor of the Economist, Shashank Joshi, to examine how useful ATACMS can be for Ukraine, what exactly are anti-personnel land-mines and whether we should take Russia's change to its nuclear doctrine seriously.

Today’s episode is presented by Jamie Coomarasamy and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producer was Ben Carter. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sara Wadeson.

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