Russia threatens potential use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine

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Russia says that Ukraine has struck one of its weapons depots with US-supplied longer-range missiles. Russian President Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for the use of Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman explain what these escalations mean for the war in Ukraine as the conflict marks 1,000 days since its start.

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