LONDON - British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab described talk of the threat of Russia using nuclear weapons in its invasion of Ukraine as brinkmanship and rejected President Putin's statement that likened Western sanctions to a declaration of war. "I think its rhetoric and brinkmanship," Raab told Sky News when asked about a possible nuclear escalation by the Kremlin. "(Putin's)

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Russian media reported Ukraine was close to building a plutonium-based "dirty bomb" Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab described talk of the threat of Russia using nuclear weapons as brinkmanship. Raab rejected President Putin's statement that likened Western sanctions to a declaration of war. He warned the conflict could last for months, if not years.

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