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v. c. therefore, i order the minister of defense and the chief of the general staff thrilling but to put the deterrent forces of the russian military. but it was room to a special mode of combat duty bdc. it's a very interesting phrase, a special mode of combat duty. just explain to us a little bit about what a mouth has already referred to as the technicalities behind this process. this 4 stage process that we have i don't think anyone knows exactly what vladimir putin means by this because we are in uncharted territory as you've said. but again, what nato has to do, and what it's nuclear armed allies have to do is be ready for anything. now it's quite interesting that at this moment as we are here on the show, there has not been a special meeting called as far as i'm told. and i have checked with my sources to discuss specifically this nuclear talk from, from the kremlin. but at the same time, everything is always on high alert at nato, certainly in the, in recent weeks and days and is so they have this nuclear planning group that is always kept abreast of, of all of the threats throughout

v. c. therefore, i order the minister of defense and the chief of the general staff. but to put the deterrent forces of the russian military. because women to a special mode of combat duty bdc of more that we can now brand fonts def on gabby, his research fellow, the international institute for strategic strategic studies is a defense expert focused on the future of war. president putin has put his countries to turns forces including nuclear weapons systems on highlight. how worried should we be above that? well this is a highly escarillo tori, but at the same time, i'm afraid to say expect that step, the flooding you would take and disregard, particularly since the advance of russian forces in ukraine has slowed down. so i think it was the signal to the west western forces, nato, the united states should back off from work lea, supporting your crane. of course, to not really the case at this at this moment, but i think the chances that nuclear weapons are going to be used in this conflict are still minimal. and for the time being i don't really think this is in the c

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v. c with therefore, i order the minister of defense and the chief of the general staff that only, but to put the deterrent forces of the russian military. but it was due to a special mode of combat duty bdc was brand thomas, the gold here, he's a journalist and military expert, thanks for being with us. of president putin has put his countries deterrence forces and understand this includes it's nuclear weapons system on high alert. what do you make of this? well, 1st of all, you would expect that any, no, claire country may be the us from the united kingdom, and russia would have that deterrence forces on the alert anytime. so this is more or less at this point in time of the psychological operation. it's a threat to make an unveiled threat against the west. because if you see the situation on the ground in ukraine, there is no military justification for thinking about use of nuclear forces. so this means this is to deter the west to, to give a threat to nato and the u. s. and so father, us have said we have no reason to change our defense conditions. so we'll stay as we are, which i thi