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Her warning came after the Commons Defence Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood said in the “worst-case scenario” Mr Putin could deploy low yield tactical nuclear weapons if his forces failed to make a breakthrough.
With the Russian advance on the capital, Kyiv, apparently bogged down in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance, Ms Truss said the survival of Putin’s regime could now be at stake if his invasion plan failed.
But just how many nuclear weapons does Russia have?
According to the latest data, Russia has around 6,000 warheads – making it the country with the largest nuclear stockpile.
However, the majority of these are in reserves, with approximately 1,600 deployed via land, sea and air-based weapons.
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