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Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (Russia). Credit: Vitaly V. Kuzmin. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Russian forces leave Chernobyl; UN watchdog offers Ukraine more help

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

The science says that children experience better mental health outcomes when their caregivers talk with them about difficult subjects, including war and nuclear threats. Credit: Ben Wicks. Unsplash license. https://unsplash.com/photos/iDCtsz-INHI

How to talk to your kids about the war in Ukraine

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Why—and how—the world should condemn Putin for waving the nuclear saber

By Pavel Podvig | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

BrahMos Missile. India accidentally fired a cruise missile into Pakistan on March 9, 2022. Credit: Mubeenk02 Accessed via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Not much happened after India’s accidental cruise missile launch into Pakistan—this time.

By Debak Das | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

North Korea’s state television released a propaganda video about its recent missile launch featuring Kim Jong Un. Screenshot accessed via Korea Now, the official YouTube Channel of the Yonhap News Agency, from the embedded video below. Yonhap is funded in whole or in part by the Korean government.

North Korea tests a banned missile—and glamorizes nuclear weapons

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Wildfires break out in Chernobyl amid a non-functioning radiation-monitoring system

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid a visit to the wounded defenders of Ukraine undergoing treatment at a military hospital. Credit: Україна. Accessed via Wikipedia. Public domain mark 1.0.

Here’s what Western leaders need to remember about Zelensky’s emotional appeals

By Roger Petersen | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Dolphin. Credit: טל שמע. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

How dolphins protect the US nuclear arsenal

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Tacit rules to avoid a NATO-Russia war

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Read the fine print: Russia’s nuclear weapon use policy

By David Holloway | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Accusations (and evidence) of Russian war crimes in Ukraine

By Norman M. Naimark | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

(Rusted) Missile silo of a SS-24 missile, Strategic Missile Forces Museum in Ukraine. Credit: Michael. CC BY 3.0. Accessed via Wikipedia.

Ukraine building a nuclear bomb? Dangerous nonsense.

By Mariana Budjeryn, Matthew Bunn | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons