Is Russia planning to use nuclear weapons?
Ukrainian policemen looking for fragments of a rocket in a crater after a Russian attack on Pokrovsk, Ukraine Source: AAP / Evgeniy Maloletka/AP
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President Vladimir Putin has announced the imminent deployment of Russia's advanced Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles, capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads. This comes as Russia's defence head says intelligence indicates Ukraine is planning to strike the annexed territories including Crimea. Ukraine has warned Russians to flee from the occupied territories as Russia warns any strike on Crimea will be met with strikes at the centre of Ukraine's leadership
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