Nuclear war
Russia state TV warns U.S. a nuclear strike will happen—"In the crosshairs"
The Russian TV pundit said that should the conflict in Ukraine enter a nuclear phase, the U.S. would be among the targets "in the crosshairs" of a strike.
Russia says likelihood of nuclear weapons being used growing by the day
The modern world is "sick" and "it is quite likely that it is on the verge of a new world war," said former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Russia scrambling to hide locations of "secret bunkers" in Moscow
Days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a government body demanded that YouTube take down a video of a historian discussing the bunkers.
Russian state TV discusses plan to rule the world after winning nuclear war
State TV host Vladimir Solovyov said the West was preparing for a nuclear conflict and called for Russia to be more aggressive.
Russian state TV host attacks "pacifists" against using nuclear weapons
Vladimir Solovyov said Russia would respond with a nuclear strike if Western intelligence agencies help assassinate Putin.
Russian state TV claims U.S. goading Kremlin to start nuclear war
A Russian state TV host said America would use a Russian strike on the West as an opportunity to galvanize people against the country.
Nuclear war a "real threat," says Russia lawmaker as he urges ceasefire
"It's a real threat...this is not [just] words," Grigory Yavlinsky, a Russian opposition politician told Newsweek.
Russian pundit's idea of nuking Yellowstone volcano wouldn't work
On the country's state television, a retired Russian naval officer suggested that Russia could trigger Yellowstone to erupt using a nuclear bomb.
Donald Trump talks about the n-word in viral video
The former president said there are "two n-words," that shouldn't "be mentioned," in reference to the threat of nuclear conflict.
Russian TV says nuclear weapons must be considered: "We need to win"
Andrey Gurulyov, a former Russian Army commander, made the threat on the Russian 1 channel.
Russia floats nuclear deterrence if Ukraine attacks Crimea
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally to Vladimir Putin, warned that Ukraine will "burn" if its military tries to retake control of Crimea.
Russian propagandist praises North Korea's nuclear threats against U.S.
Russian state TV presenter Sergey Mardan said on Friday that most Russians "agree" with North Korea's nuclear approach amid the Ukraine war.
Attempt to retake Crimea will spark global nuclear war, official warns
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to take back Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula seized by Vladimir Putin in 2014.
What time is the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock at now?
Against the backdrop of Russia's nuclear threats, the visual representation of how close we are to destroying our world is about to have its 2023 update.
Doomsday clock co-chair: Risk of escalation to nuclear war "is real"
"This year, the war in Ukraine was front and center in our deliberations," a co-chair of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board said.
Russian TV warns new "big war" coming after Putin ultimatum
State TV host Margarita Simonyan said in the future Russia may have to produce a more threatening ultimatum that could include nuclear weapons.
Putin ally outlines what could trigger nuclear war
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev issued a stark warning ahead of a meeting of Western defense officials from around 50 countries and NATO.
The best and worst places in a building if a nuclear bomb goes off
Scientists have calculated the areas inside a building where a nuclear shock wave would be most and least dangerous to a person.
Putin's Poseidon and the radioactive tidal wave of death
Russian state news has revealed that their Poseidon nuclear torpedoes have been successfully tested, and are soon to be moved to a nuclear submarine.
Will the Doomsday Clock move closer to midnight? Watch live online
The iconic Doomsday Clock has remained at 100 seconds to midnight for the last two years. Could the events of 2022 have edged the clock even closer to midnight?
Doomsday clock to be updated for first time since Putin invaded Ukraine
It has remained at 100 minutes to midnight since 2020, but this year's nuclear threats from Russia may have edged us even closer to the metaphorical doomsday.
Zelensky discusses possibility of World War III breaking out
The Ukrainian president has made an appearance at several film and music events since the outbreak of the war on February 24, 2022.
Russian state TV host says West will be "reduced to ashes" if war is lost
Vladimir Solovyov also described U.S. President Joe Biden "an absolutely deceitful, nasty, scary no-good person."
Leaked FSB letters reveal how Russian officials have discussed nuclear war
"I still hope that outright foolishness will not be committed," an FSB whistleblower said in an email shared with Newsweek.
Putin too "scared" to order nuclear strike, leaked FSB letters reveal
Putin's fear of death will ultimately prevent him from pushing the "red button," an FSB whistleblower wrote in an email shared with Newsweek.
Where are all the nuclear bunkers?
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union invested heavily in public defense infrastructure, but the United States did not.
Polish Scare Should Be a Lesson for Those Pushing Endless War in Ukraine
This war is now costing nearly twice as much as the United States was spending on the war in Afghanistan in its final years.
How a U.S. hydrogen bomb accidentally turned a Pacific island into jello
A number of islands had to be evacuated after a 1954 U.S. nuclear weapons test.
Russia fires mock nuclear warhead at Ukraine—Kyiv
Russia pummelled Ukraine on Thursday with a wave of missile strikes on cities including Kyiv, Dnipro, and the Odesa and Kharkiv oblasts.
The six tips that could save your life if a nuclear bomb went off
Videos on surviving a nuclear explosion have gone viral amid Russia's war in Ukraine.