What to know about the threat of nuclear war
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Russian President Vladimir Putin put his nuclear arsenal on high alert. What are the strategic, and political moves necessary to avoid the unthinkable? Matthew Bunn, Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer and Dr. Ira Helfand join Meghna Chakrabarti.
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| 0:47.6 | On February 21st, just days before Russian President Vladimir Putin began his attack on Ukraine, |
| 0:59.9 | Putin gave a speech warning NATO against interfering. |
| 1:03.9 | Whoever would try to stop us and further create threats to our country, to our people, |
| 1:09.0 | should know that Russia's response will be immediate and lead you to such consequences |
| 1:13.9 | that you have never faced in your history. |
| 1:16.7 | We are ready for any outcome. |
| 1:19.3 | Putin was talking about nuclear weapons. |
| 1:22.6 | Three days later, he invaded Ukraine, and then, on February 27th, he made his threat explicit. |
| 1:33.4 | Top officials of leading NATO countries are making aggressive statements about our country. |
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