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Russian Nuclear Threats Timeline

Nuclear blackmail: 111 threats.

2025-04-29Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin ally threatens Nato with nuclear strikes in wild speech
2025-04-23Top Russian official says Moscow has right to use nuclear weapons if attacked by West, TASS reports
2025-03-10Russia warns Australia deploying peacekeeping troops to Ukraine would lead to “grave consequences”
2024-11-26Russia’s Medvedev warns West over discussing nuclear weapons for Ukraine
2024-11-19Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear doctrine
2024-11-19Putin threatens to use nuclear weapons against the West if Ukraine fires US long-range missiles on Russian soil
2024-11-18Russia threatens UK with ‘nuclear war by Christmas’ in chilling WW3 warning
2024-10-27Putin Says Hopes West ‘Heard’ Warning Over Long-Range Strikes
2024-10-27Putin threatens ‘range of responses’ if Ukraine strikes deep into Russia
2024-09-27Putin draws a nuclear red line for the West
2024-09-26Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over strikes on Russia from Ukraine
2024-09-19Putin ally warns West of nuclear war over Ukraine
2024-09-14Putin draws new red line on long-range missiles
2024-09-13Don’t forget Russia is a nuclear power, says UN ambassador
2024-09-06Russia MP claims Putin will give Brits ’three days to leave UK’ before using ’atomic’ tsunami
2024-06-21Putin Threatens Nuclear Response if West Bolsters Ukraine Support
2024-06-20Russia considering changes to nuclear doctrine, Putin claims
2024-06-06Putin warns he could provide weapons to attack the West and issues new nuclear threat
2024-05-12Putin Ally Threatens NATO Countries With ‘Special Ammunition’
2024-05-10Belarus dictator Lukashenko admits he is ‘bonkers’ and has no ‘red lines’ as he threatens the West with nukes and warns ’we are closer than ever to nuclear catastrophe’
2024-05-10Putin hires hardline professor who suggested nuking Europe to ‘test NATO’s resolve’ for Kremlin role ‘deterring the West’
2024-05-09Putin Renews Nuclear Threats Against West at Military Parade
2024-05-06Russia announces nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with Western officials
2024-05-06Medvedev warns of nuclear attacks on European capitals in case of sending troops to Ukraine
2024-04-17Ukraine May Have Just Crossed Putin’s Nuclear Red Line
2024-03-18Putin warns the West a Russia-NATO conflict is just one step from World War Three
2024-03-14Putin warns the West: Russia is ready for nuclear war
2024-02-29Putin threatens NATO with nuclear strike if it sends troops to Ukraine
2024-02-28Russia prepared for nuclear attack on China, leaked papers reveal
2024-02-18Russia’s Medvedev threatens to nuke US, UK, Germany, Ukraine
2024-01-17Russia-US relations ‘teetering on brink of abyss’, ambassador to US says
2024-01-11Medvedev warns of nuclear response if Ukraine hits missile launch sites
2023-11-16Russia loads missile with nuclear-capable glide vehicle into launch silo
2023-11-06Russian Official Issues Nuclear Weapons Warning After Historic Achievement
2023-10-30Western policy towards Russia threatens military clash between nuclear powers — Shoigu
2023-10-20American-led world sliding headfirst into deepest abyss, Medvedev says
2023-10-05Russia’s retaliatory nuclear strike to leave enemy with no chances of survival — Putin
2023-07-30Russia’s Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success
2023-07-13Russia to view F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine as threat in nuclear sphere - Lavrov
2023-07-03Russia’s Medvedev says standoff with West to last decades, Ukraine conflict ’permanent’
2023-06-25There is no choice left: Russia will have to launch a nuclear strike on Europe
2023-06-21US, NATO’s aggressive policies may result in clash between nuclear powers
2023-06-16Vladimir Putin delivers keynote address at St Petersburg forum
2023-05-26Russia’s Medvedev warns West is underestimating risks of nuclear escalation over Ukraine
2023-05-23Russia’s Medvedev: Western arms for Ukraine make ‘nuclear apocalypse’ more likely
2023-05-04Putin Allies Split Over Using Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
2023-04-25Russia warns again that risks of nuclear confrontation with US growing
2023-04-25Putin ally: We are probably on verge of a new world war
2023-04-05Russia, US are in hot conflict phase — senior diplomat
2023-03-27Putin ally says Russia has weapons to destroy US if its existence is threatened
2023-03-26Putin says Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Belarus, US reacts cautiously
2023-03-23Any attempt to arrest Putin would be declaration of war on Russia, ally says
2023-03-22Russia says risk of nuclear conflict at highest level in decades
2023-02-27Russia’s Medvedev says arms supplies to Kyiv threaten global nuclear catastrophe
2023-02-23Ukraine defends front, Putin talks up nuclear arsenal on war anniversary eve
2023-02-22Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Putin gives nuclear warning, Biden rallies allies
2023-02-04Russia’s Medvedev says more U.S. weapons supplies mean ‘all of Ukraine will burn’
2023-01-19Putin ally warns NATO of nuclear war if Russia is defeated in Ukraine
2022-12-25Only Russia’s nuclear arms preventing West from declaring war - Putin ally
2022-12-09Russia may borrow US idea of disarming strike — Putin
2022-12-05Russia’s Lavrov: NATO policy risks ‘direct clash’ between nuclear powers
2022-11-30Russia says it will focus on building nuclear arms infrastructure in 2023
2022-11-17Russia is not considering using nuclear weapons - Kremlin says
2022-11-02Russia: West must stop ‘encouraging provocations’ to avoid nuclear disaster
2022-10-18Russia says seized Ukrainian lands are under its nuclear protection
2022-10-13Russian official warns of World War Three if Ukraine joins NATO
2022-10-05Ukraine can be defeated with a nuclear strike on the United States - Fedorov
2022-10-01Kadyrov says Russia should use low-yield nuclear weapon
2022-09-27Medvedev raises spectre of Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine
2022-09-23Moscow ‘not threatening anyone’ with nuclear weapons
2022-09-22Russia’s Medvedev: new regions can be defended with strategic nuclear weapons
2022-09-21Ex-Putin adviser warns UK cities could be hit with nuclear weapons if Britain ‘continues to be aggressor’
2022-09-21Putin escalates Ukraine war, issues nuclear threat to West
2022-08-18Russia says nuclear weapons use possible only in ‘emergency circumstances’
2022-08-12‘Accidents can happen at European nuclear plants too’, Russian ex-president says
2022-08-01Putin says no one can win a nuclear war
2022-07-17Russia’s Medvedev: Attack on Crimea will ignite ‘Judgement Day’ response
2022-07-06Russia’s Medvedev warns United States: messing with a nuclear power is folly
2022-05-12Russia says Finnish entry to NATO poses threat to which it will respond
2022-05-10On possible nuclear strike, Russia says: it’s all in our military doctrine
2022-05-06Russian will not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, foreign ministry says
2022-04-30Russia says risks of nuclear war must be kept to minimum, TASS reports
2022-04-25Russia’s Lavrov: Do not underestimate threat of nuclear war
2022-04-24Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO
2022-03-22Kremlin spokesman: Russia would use nuclear weapons only in case of ‘threat to existence of state’
2022-02-28‘You’ll face consequences greater than any in history’: Putin warns West
2022-02-28‘Why Do We Need a World if Russia Is Not In It?’: State TV Presenter Opens Show With Ominous Address
2022-02-27Putin nuclear alert order part of pattern of made-up threats, U.S. says
2022-02-27Putin puts nuclear deterrent on alert; West squeezes Russian economy
2022-02-24EU says Putin’s ominous threat to those who hinder him marks ‘critical moment’
2021-12-13Russia says it may be forced to deploy mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe
2019-02-25After Putin’s warning, Russian TV lists nuclear targets in U.S.
2019-02-21Putin to U.S.: I’m ready for another Cuban Missile-style crisis if you want one
2019-02-20Putin threatens to target US if it deploys missiles in nearby European countries
2018-12-20Putin warns the threat of nuclear war should not be underestimated
2018-10-24Russia will target European countries if they host U.S. nuclear missiles: Putin
2015-05-27Nato chief says Russian nuclear threats are ‘deeply troubling and dangerous’
2015-03-22Russia threatens to aim nuclear missiles at Denmark ships if it joins NATO shield
2014-09-01Russia Has Threatened Nuclear Attack, Says Ukraine Defense Minister
2014-07-11Russia Threatens Nuclear Strikes Over Crimea
2014-05-14Rogozin: Next time I will fly the Tu-160 (nuclear bomber)
2014-03-16Russia can turn US to radioactive ash - Kremlin-backed journalist
2012-04-04NATO - Russia talk of pre-emptive strike unjustified
2012-03-23Medvedev calls missile defense a threat to Russia
2011-11-23Russia in Europe missile threat
2010-12-01Russia’s Putin warns West over missile defense: report
2009-10-13Russia reserves pre-emptive nuclear strike right
2008-08-15Moscow warns it could strike Poland over US missile shield
2008-02-13Putin issues nuclear threat to Ukraine over plan to host US shield
2007-04-11Russia threatening new cold war over missile defence
1999-12-10Yeltsin gives US nuclear warning

Based on a list by Cuthbert.

See also: Red lines in the Russo-Ukrainian War