{"id":121054,"date":"2023-11-06T17:49:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121054"},"modified":"2023-11-06T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:49:47","slug":"putin-nuke-panic-as-experts-fear-ukraine-war-escalation-to-mark-sham-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/putin-nuke-panic-as-experts-fear-ukraine-war-escalation-to-mark-sham-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin nuke panic as experts fear ‘Ukraine war escalation to mark sham election’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Vladimir Putin has provoked fresh fears of nuclear war as experts claim he could launch a "huge escalation" of the Ukraine war ahead of upcoming Russian presidential elections.<\/p>\n

    The despot is thought to be planning to run in next year's race for power despite controversy surrounding his reign and a swathe of reports his health is in decline or even that he is dead. If victorious, Putin would remain President until at least 2030.<\/p>\n

    The dictator has been in office continuously since 2012 following two previous consecutive terms running from 2000 until 2008. If reports of his upcoming campaign turn out to be true, the March 2024 elections are likely to be a formality allowing him to continue his reign virtually unopposed.<\/p>\n

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    But despite the almost sure-fire win if he runs again, experts have said Putin is more determined than ever not to "leave the war undone" in Ukraine as voting day approaches. Dr Stephen Hall, an expert on Russia at the Henry Jackson Society told The Sun Putin's next term could usher in "an escalation in the aggression against Ukraine and the West."<\/p>\n

    "There is a possibility that he would use a small nuclear weapon that would take out a block out of Kyiv or Kharkiv," Dr Hall warned. "There is a potential that Putin would want to invade other countries.<\/p>\n

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