Semantics Relevance

Russia to Hold Drills on Tactical Nuclear Weapons in New Tensions With West


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Key Focus

  • Russia said on Monday that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, a provocative warning aimed at discouraging the West from deepening its support for Ukraine. ...
  • The announcement of the exercise was Russia's most explicit warning in its more than two-year invasion of Ukraine that it could use tactical nuclear weapons there ...
  • No momentum supporting factor found

    Challenge supporting factors

  • (russia,nuclear,podvig)
  • (ukraine,nuclear,battlefield)
  • (ukraine,weapons,battlefield)
  • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,battlefield)
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  • (ukraine,nuclear,ukrainian)
  • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,ukrainian)
  • (ukraine,weapons,ukrainian)
  • (weapons,ukrainian)
  • (ukraine,battlefield,spread-out)
  • (ukraine,nuclear,spread-out)
  • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,spread-out)
  • (ukraine,weapons,spread-out)
  • (ukraine,battlefield,gamble)
  • (ukraine,nuclear,gamble)
  • Work-in-progress supporting factors

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  • (russia,nuclear,battlefield,warning)
  • (russia,nuclear,warning)
  • (russia,nuclear,weapons,battlefield,warning)

  • Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report6.31 0.00 93.70

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report
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    (6) (nuclear,military,warning)55.64
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    (15) (russia,nuclear,weapons,battlefield,warning)52.11
    (16) (russia,nuclear,weapons,warning)50.99
    (17) (russia,ukraine,nuclear,warning)50.70
    (18) (russia,ukraine,warning)50.31
    (19) (russia,weapons,battlefield,warning)49.51
    (20) (russia,weapons,warning)49.44
    (21) (ukraine,battlefield,warning)49.37
    (22) (ukraine,military,warning)49.19
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    (24) (ukraine,troops,warning)48.79
    (25) (ukraine,warning)48.61
    (26) (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,warning)48.43
    (27) (ukraine,weapons,warning)48.29
    (28) (weapons,battlefield,warning)48.25
    (29) (weapons,military,warning)48.22
    (30) (russia,ukraine,military)48.07
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    (32) (nuclear,military,troops)47.42
    (33) (nuclear,troops)47.06
    (34) (nuclear,weapons,battlefield,troops)46.59
    (35) (nuclear,weapons,military,troops)46.09
    (36) (nuclear,weapons,troops)45.62
    (37) (russia,battlefield,troops)45.51
    (38) (russia,nuclear,battlefield,troops)45.05
    (39) (ukraine,military,nuclear)44.58
    (40) (russia,nuclear,troops)43.93
    (41) (russia,nuclear,weapons,battlefield,troops)43.35
    (42) (russia,nuclear,weapons,troops)42.16
    (43) (russia,ukraine,nuclear,troops)41.59
    (44) (russia,ukraine,weapons,troops)40.97
    (45) (russia,weapons,battlefield,troops)40.72
    (46) (russia,weapons,troops)40.22
    (47) (ukraine,battlefield,troops)40.14
    (48) (ukraine,nuclear,troops)39.93
    (49) (nuclear,russian)39.86
    (50) (russia,nuclear,russian)39.71
    (51) (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,troops)39.64
    (52) (ukraine,weapons,troops)39.42
    (53) (weapons,battlefield,troops)39.32
    (54) (weapons,military,troops)39.21
    (55) (weapons,troops)39.14
    (56) (weapons,warning,troops)39.10
    (57) (russia,ukraine,strikes)39.06
    (58) (weapons,governments)38.95
    (59) (russia,ukraine,weapons,strikes)38.88
    (60) (russia,weapons,strikes)38.70
    (61) (ukraine,troops,strikes)38.63
    (62) (ukraine,weapons,strikes)38.49
    (63) (weapons,strikes)38.45
    (64) (russia,ukraine,strike)38.41
    (65) (russia,ukraine,weapons,strike)38.23
    (66) (russia,weapons,strike)38.05
    (67) (ukraine,troops,strike)38.02
    (68) (russia,governments)37.98
    (69) (ukraine,weapons,strike)37.87
    (70) (russia,ukraine,weapons,policy)37.84
    (71) (russia,weapons,policy)37.62
    (72) (russia,nuclear,podvig)37.62
    (73) (russia,ukraine,troops)37.01
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    (75) (russia,nuclear,battlefield,military)35.50
    (76) (russia,nuclear,weapons,battlefield,military)33.66
    (77) (russia,nuclear,weapons,military)32.61
    (78) (russia,ukraine,weapons,military)30.99
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    (80) (russia,weapons,military)30.09
    (81) (ukraine,battlefield,military)29.80
    (82) (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,military)29.37
    (83) (russia,ukraine,weapons,governments)28.94
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    (85) (russia,ukraine,weapons,david_cameron)28.76
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    (88) (nuclear,military,battlefield)27.60
    (89) (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,battlefield)27.28
    (90) (nuclear,weapons,military,battlefield)26.16
    (91) (russia,ukraine,nuclear,russian)25.87
    (92) (russia,russian,podvig)25.19
    (93) (russia,russian,ukraine,podvig)24.97
    (94) (russia,ukraine,nuclear,podvig)24.79
    (95) (ukraine,nuclear,podvig)24.47
    (96) (ukraine,russian,podvig)24.43
    (97) (russia,ukraine,nuclear,battlefield)23.03
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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • "This is a reaction to specific statements, a signal saying that Russia has nuclear weapons," Mr. Podvig said in a phone interview.. . Unlike strategic nuclear weapons, which are always in a state of combat readiness, nonstrategic ones are stored in warehouses away from the bombers, missiles, or ships that are supposed to deliver them, Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,nuclear,podvig)
        • Inferred entity relationships (4)
        • (podvig,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,podvig,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (podvig,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,podvig,russia,ukraine) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Other analysts have also cast doubt on the military efficacy of using battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, given the spread-out nature of Ukrainian forces. The Institute for the Study of War said in 2022 that doing so would be "a massive gamble for limited gains" for Russia ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,ukrainian)
        • (ukraine,nuclear,spread-out)
        • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,spread-out)
        • (ukraine,weapons,spread-out)
        • (ukraine,nuclear,ukrainian)
        • (ukraine,battlefield,ukrainian)
        • (ukraine,weapons,ukrainian)
        • (ukraine,nuclear,battlefield)
        • (ukraine,battlefield,spread-out)
        • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,battlefield)
        • (weapons,ukrainian)
        • (ukraine,weapons,battlefield)
        • Inferred entity relationships (26)
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,putin,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (ukraine,ukrainian,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (ukrainian,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,spread-out,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,putin) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,spread-out,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,ukraine,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (spread-out,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Other analysts have also cast doubt on the military efficacy of using battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, given the spread-out nature of Ukrainian forces. The Institute for the Study of War said in 2022 that doing so would be "a massive gamble for limited gains" for Russia. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,nuclear,gamble)
        • (ukraine,battlefield,gamble)
        • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,gamble)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (gamble,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (gamble,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, said the Western "threats" in question included a recent interview with President Emmanuel Macron of France published by The Economist, in which the French leader repeated his refusal to rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine.. . Mr. Peskov also alluded to a comment made last week by David Cameron, Britain's top diplomat, in which he said that Ukraine was free to use British weapons to strike inside Russia - a departure from Western governments'typical policy of discouraging such strikes in order to avoid being drawn deeper into the war ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,peskov)
        • (ukraine,troops,peskov)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (troops,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Russia said on Monday that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, a provocative warning aimed at discouraging the West from deepening its support for Ukraine. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,battlefield,warning)
        • (nuclear,military,warning)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,warning)
        • (nuclear,weapons,warning)
        • (nuclear,battlefield,warning)
        • (nuclear,weapons,battlefield,warning)
        • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,warning)
        • (ukraine,weapons,warning)
        • (russia,nuclear,warning)
        • (ukraine,warning)
        • (russia,weapons,warning)
        • (nuclear,warning)
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        • (weapons,military,warning)
        • (russia,nuclear,battlefield,warning)
        • (russia,ukraine,nuclear,warning)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,battlefield,warning)
        • (russia,battlefield,warning)
        • (russia,ukraine,warning)
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        • (ukraine,nuclear,warning)
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        • (russia,weapons,battlefield,warning)
        • Inferred entity relationships (67)
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        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]
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        • (military,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
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        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,your_places) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,spokeswoman) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,ukraine,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,united_states) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,putin) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,russian_foreign_ministry) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The announcement of the exercise was Russia's most explicit warning in its more than two-year invasion of Ukraine that it could use tactical nuclear weapons there ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,warning)
        • Inferred entity relationships (4)
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Russia said on Monday that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, a provocative warning aimed at discouraging the West from deepening its support for Ukraine ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,troops)
        • (russia,nuclear,military)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,battlefield,ukraine)
        • (nuclear,weapons,military,battlefield)
        • (ukraine,military,weapons)
        • (russia,weapons,battlefield,military)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,military)
        • (weapons,warning,troops)
        • (russia,weapons,battlefield,ukraine)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,battlefield,troops)
        • (russia,nuclear,battlefield,troops)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,battlefield,military)
        • (russia,ukraine,nuclear,battlefield)
        • (russia,weapons,battlefield,troops)
        • (russia,battlefield,ukraine)
        • (ukraine,weapons,troops)
        • (russia,battlefield,military)
        • (weapons,military,troops)
        • (nuclear,weapons,troops)
        • (russia,nuclear,battlefield,military)
        • (nuclear,military,battlefield)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,troops)
        • (nuclear,weapons,military,troops)
        • (ukraine,military,nuclear)
        • (nuclear,battlefield,troops)
        • (russia,weapons,troops)
        • (russia,ukraine,nuclear,troops)
        • (ukraine,nuclear,battlefield)
        • (weapons,troops)
        • (nuclear,weapons,battlefield,troops)
        • (nuclear,troops)
        • (weapons,battlefield,troops)
        • (ukraine,battlefield,military)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,nuclear)
        • (russia,weapons,military)
        • (russia,nuclear,troops)
        • (russia,battlefield,troops)
        • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,military)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,troops)
        • (russia,ukraine,nuclear,military)
        • (nuclear,military,troops)
        • (ukraine,nuclear,troops)
        • (ukraine,battlefield,troops)
        • (ukraine,weapons,nuclear,battlefield)
        • (weapons,military,battlefield)
        • (ukraine,weapons,battlefield)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,military)
        • Inferred entity relationships (85)
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,putin,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,spokeswoman) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,ukraine,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,nuclear,russia) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,putin) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,russian_foreign_ministry) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,nuclear) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,your_places) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,nuclear,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,russia) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,nuclear,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,united_states) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Peskov also alluded to a comment made last week by David Cameron, Britain's top diplomat, in which he said that Ukraine was free to use British weapons to strike inside Russia - a departure from Western governments'typical policy of discouraging such strikes in order to avoid being drawn deeper into the war. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,ukraine,strikes)
        • (ukraine,weapons,strikes)
        • (ukraine,troops,strikes)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,policy)
        • (weapons,strikes)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,strikes)
        • (russia,weapons,strikes)
        • (russia,weapons,policy)
        • Inferred entity relationships (13)
        • (strikes,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (russia,strikes,weapons) [inferred]
        • (strikes,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,strikes,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (policy,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (policy,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,strikes,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Peskov also alluded to a comment made last week by David Cameron, Britain's top diplomat, in which he said that Ukraine was free to use British weapons to strike inside Russia - a departure from Western governments'typical policy of discouraging such strikes in order to avoid being drawn deeper into the war ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,ukraine,strike)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,british)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,strike)
        • (weapons,governments)
        • (ukraine,troops,strike)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,governments)
        • (russia,weapons,strike)
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,david_cameron)
        • (russia,governments)
        • (ukraine,weapons,strike)
        • Inferred entity relationships (13)
        • (governments,russia) [inferred]
        • (governments,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (russia,strike,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,strike,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (governments,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (strike,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,strike,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The announcement of the exercise was Russia's most explicit warning in its more than two-year invasion of Ukraine that it could use tactical nuclear weapons there. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,ukraine,weapons,nuclear)
        • Inferred entity relationships (14)
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,spokeswoman) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Putin denied as recently as March that he had ever considered it, even as he regularly reminds the world of Russia's vast nuclear arsenal as a way of keeping in check the West's military support for Ukraine. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,nuclear,military)
        • (russia,ukraine,nuclear,military)
        • (russia,ukraine,military)
        • Inferred entity relationships (29)
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,your_places) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,spokeswoman) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Charter, and NATO allies will continue to support Ukraine. Russia has started this illegal war and must end it.". . Pavel Podvig, a scholar on Russian nuclear forces based in Geneva, said in an interview that Russia had conducted such exercises before, though it rarely made them public ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,nuclear,podvig)
        • (ukraine,russian,nuclear)
        • (nuclear,russian)
        • (ukraine,nuclear,podvig)
        • (ukraine,russian,podvig)
        • (russia,ukraine,nuclear,podvig)
        • (russia,russian,podvig)
        • (russia,russian,ukraine,podvig)
        • (russia,nuclear,russian)
        • (russia,ukraine,nuclear,russian)
        • Inferred entity relationships (25)
        • (nuclear,podvig,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (podvig,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russian) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,podvig,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (podvig,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,troops) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,spokeswoman) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,podvig,russia) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Sign up for Your Places: Global Update, and we'll send our latest coverage to your inbox.. Russia said on Monday that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, a provocative warning aimed at discouraging the West from deepening its support for Ukraine ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,military,inbox)
        • (ukraine,troops,your_places)
        • (russia,your_places)
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places)
        • (ukraine,military,troops)
        • (ukraine,your_places)
        • (russia,ukraine,troops)
        • (russia,troops)
        • (ukraine,military,inbox)
        • (russia,military,your_places)
        • (russia,ukraine,military)
        • (russia,military,troops)
        • (ukraine,military,your_places)
        • Inferred entity relationships (25)
        • (russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (inbox,military,russia) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,united_states) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,your_places) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,your_places) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (inbox,military,ukraine) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Macron first mentioned the possibility of putting Western troops in Ukraine. Mr. Peskov said then that such a move would lead to a direct clash with Russian forces. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,troops,russian)
        • (russia,russian,troops)
        • (russia,ukraine,troops)
        • Inferred entity relationships (9)
        • (russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (russian,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (russia,troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The exercise, the Defense Ministry said, would involve forces of the Southern Military District, an area that covers Russian-occupied Ukraine and part of Russia's border region with Ukraine ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,ukraine,southern_military_district)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Macron, who more than two years ago tried to head off the invasion of Ukraine by dangling the possibility of integrating Russia into a new European security architecture. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,russian,european)
        • (russia,russian,security)
        • (russia,russian,ukraine,security)
        • (russia,ukraine,security)
        • (russia,russian,ukraine,european)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (russia,russian,troops) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security) [inferred]
        • (european,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (european,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The exercise, the Defense Ministry said, would involve forces of the Southern Military District, an area that covers Russian-occupied Ukraine and part of Russia's border region with Ukraine. It said the exercise would take place "in the near future." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,ukraine,russian-occupied_ukraine)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Unlike strategic nuclear weapons, which are always in a state of combat readiness, nonstrategic ones are stored in warehouses away from the bombers, missiles, or ships that are supposed to deliver them, Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (nuclear,warehouses)
        • (nuclear,weapons,warehouses)
        • (weapons,warehouses)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,warehouses)
        • (russia,nuclear,warehouses)
        • (russia,weapons,warehouses)
        • Inferred entity relationships (16)
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,spokeswoman) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Podvig said in a phone interview.. . Unlike strategic nuclear weapons, which are always in a state of combat readiness, nonstrategic ones are stored in warehouses away from the bombers, missiles, or ships that are supposed to deliver them, Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,weapons,nonstrategic)
        • (russia,nuclear,nonstrategic)
        • (nuclear,weapons,nonstrategic)
        • (russia,nuclear,weapons,nonstrategic)
        • Inferred entity relationships (15)
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nonstrategic,nuclear,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (nonstrategic,nuclear,russia) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,spokeswoman) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nonstrategic,nuclear,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Western governments have previously looked to China - Russia's most important international partner - to head off Russian nuclear use, as they did when Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany visited Beijing amid a previous scare in 2022 ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,russian,international)
        • (nuclear,russian)
        • (russia,nuclear,russian)
        • (russia,russian,governments)
        • Inferred entity relationships (17)
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (governments,russia) [inferred]
        • (governments,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,troops) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,spokeswoman) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "Russia's nuclear rhetoric is dangerous and irresponsible," said Farah Dakhlallah, a NATO spokeswoman. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (nuclear,spokeswoman)
        • (russia,nuclear,spokeswoman)
        • Inferred entity relationships (11)
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warehouses,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,russian) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "The ambassador was called upon to think about the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps from London," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.. . Russia has seized the battlefield initiative after a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive last year. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,battlefield,ukrainian)
        • (russia,battlefield,counteroffensive)
        • Inferred entity relationships (8)
        • (battlefield,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,russian_foreign_ministry) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,counteroffensive,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • "The ambassador was called upon to think about the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps from London," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.. . Russia has seized the battlefield initiative after a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive last year ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,battlefield,russian_foreign_ministry)
        • (russia,battlefield,london)
        • Inferred entity relationships (7)
        • (battlefield,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Peskov said then that such a move would lead to a direct clash with Russian forces.. . Recent months have marked a hawkish shift for Mr. Macron, who more than two years ago tried to head off the invasion of Ukraine by dangling the possibility of integrating Russia into a new European security architecture ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,macron)
        • (russia,russian,macron)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (macron,russia) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,troops) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (macron,russia,russian) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Macron first mentioned the possibility of putting Western troops in Ukraine. Mr. Peskov said then that such a move would lead to a direct clash with Russian forces.. . Recent months have marked a hawkish shift for Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,peskov)
        • (russia,russian,peskov)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (russia,russian,troops) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (peskov,russia) [inferred]
        • (peskov,russia,russian) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Western governments have previously looked to China - Russia's most important international partner - to head off Russian nuclear use, as they did when Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany visited Beijing amid a previous scare in 2022. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,russian,germany)
        • (weapons,warning,china)
        • (weapons,governments)
        • (weapons,warning,russian)
        • (weapons,warning,governments)
        • (weapons,warning,international)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (russia,russian,troops) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security) [inferred]
        • (russia,russian,security,ukraine) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • It also coincided with a visit to Europe by President Xi Jinping of China, which has pledged a "no limits" alliance with Russia. China has provided support to Russia's military industry, U.S ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,military,china)
        • (russia,military,president_xi_jinping)
        • (russia,china)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (military,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • It also coincided with a visit to Europe by President Xi Jinping of China, which has pledged a "no limits" alliance with Russia ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,military,europe)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (military,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,russia,warning) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • On Tuesday, he is scheduled to be inaugurated to his fifth term as president.. . Western governments have previously looked to China - Russia's most important international partner - to head off Russian nuclear use, as they did when Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany visited Beijing amid a previous scare in 2022 ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (russia,governments)
        • (russia,china)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (governments,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (governments,russia,russian) [inferred]

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      • But Moscow's advances remain slow and bloody, and new deliveries of Western weapons are on their way, including those from a $61 billion military aid package that the United States approved last month. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (weapons,battlefield,united_states)
        • (weapons,military,united_states)
        • (ukraine,military,weapons)
        • (weapons,united_states)
        • (ukraine,military,moscow)
        • (ukraine,weapons,united_states)
        • Inferred entity relationships (6)
        • (military,ukraine,united_states) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,moscow,weapons) [inferred]
        • (united_states,weapons) [inferred]
        • (ukraine,united_states) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]

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      • Putin denied as recently as March that he had ever considered it, even as he regularly reminds the world of Russia's vast nuclear arsenal as a way of keeping in check the West's military support for Ukraine.. . On Monday, however, Russian officials claimed that warnings about the possibility of more direct Western involvement in the war had changed the situation ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,military,nuclear)
        • (ukraine,russian,nuclear)
        • (ukraine,military,russian)
        • Inferred entity relationships (13)
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,russian) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,ukraine,ukrainian) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]

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      • But Moscow's advances remain slow and bloody, and new deliveries of Western weapons are on their way, including those from a $61 billion military aid package that the United States approved last month.. . Beyond discouraging the West from greater involvement in Ukraine's war effort, the Kremlin wants to exploit divisions within the NATO military alliance over the risks of doing so ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,military,united_states)
        • (ukraine,united_states)
        • Inferred entity relationships (5)
        • (military,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (ukraine,united_states,weapons) [inferred]
        • (ukraine,united_states) [inferred]

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      • Beyond discouraging the West from greater involvement in Ukraine's war effort, the Kremlin wants to exploit divisions within the NATO military alliance over the risks of doing so. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,military,risks)

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      • That schism was on display in February after Mr. Macron first mentioned the possibility of putting Western troops in Ukraine. Mr. Peskov said then that such a move would lead to a direct clash with Russian forces. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,macron)
        • (ukraine,troops,peskov)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (troops,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

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      • Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, said the Western "threats" in question included a recent interview with President Emmanuel Macron of France published by The Economist, in which the French leader repeated his refusal to rule out sending ground troops to Ukraine. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,troops,the_economist)
        • (ukraine,troops,question)
        • (ukraine,troops,president_emmanuel_macron)
        • Inferred entity relationships (3)
        • (troops,ukraine,warning) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,your_places) [inferred]
        • (troops,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

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      • During the exercise, Russian army formations are likely to practice how they could be deployed, he said.. . But it would make little sense to use them in the context of the war in Ukraine, Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,russian,army)
        • (ukraine,russian,formations)

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      • That schism was on display in February after Mr. Macron first mentioned the possibility of putting Western troops in Ukraine. Mr. Peskov said then that such a move would lead to a direct clash with Russian forces.. . Recent months have marked a hawkish shift for Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (ukraine,peskov)

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      • Podvig added, because the absence of large-scale, concentrated troop formations would limit their impact on the battlefield.. . Other analysts have also cast doubt on the military efficacy of using battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, given the spread-out nature of Ukrainian forces ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (weapons,military,battlefield)
        • (nuclear,military,battlefield)
        • (nuclear,weapons,military,battlefield)
        • Inferred entity relationships (17)
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,nuclear,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,russia) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,nuclear,russia) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,russia) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,nuclear) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,military,nuclear,russia,weapons) [inferred]
        • (military,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]

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      • Western officials have long worried that Russia could deploy tactical nuclear weapons, especially if it faced serious setbacks on the battlefield. But Mr. Putin denied as recently as March that he had ever considered it, even as he regularly reminds the world of Russia's vast nuclear arsenal as a way of keeping in check the West's military support for Ukraine ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (nuclear,battlefield,putin)
        • (weapons,battlefield,putin)
        • (nuclear,weapons,battlefield,putin)
        • (nuclear,weapons,putin)
        • Inferred entity relationships (15)
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,putin,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,warning,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,putin) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,warning) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,troops,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,troops) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,russia,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]
        • (nuclear,putin,weapons) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,ukraine) [inferred]
        • (battlefield,nuclear,ukraine,weapons) [inferred]

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      • "President Xi has played an important role in de-escalating Russia's irresponsible nuclear threats," Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Union's executive branch, told reporters after meeting with Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (nuclear,von)
        • (nuclear,ursula)

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      • But Moscow's advances remain slow and bloody, and new deliveries of Western weapons are on their way, including those from a $61 billion military aid package that the United States approved last month ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (weapons,military,moscow)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (military,moscow,ukraine) [inferred]

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      • Russia has seized the battlefield initiative after a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive last year. But Moscow's advances remain slow and bloody, and new deliveries of Western weapons are on their way, including those from a $61 billion military aid package that the United States approved last month ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (weapons,battlefield,counteroffensive)
        • (weapons,battlefield,ukrainian)
        • (weapons,ukrainian)
        • (weapons,battlefield,moscow)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (battlefield,counteroffensive,russia) [inferred]
        • (ukrainian,weapons) [inferred]

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      • Western governments have previously looked to China - Russia's most important international partner - to head off Russian nuclear use, as they did when Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany visited Beijing amid a previous scare in 2022.. . At the time, Mr. Xi made a public statement warning that nuclear weapons had no place in the war in Ukraine ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (weapons,warning,germany)

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      • Western governments have previously looked to China - Russia's most important international partner - to head off Russian nuclear use, as they did when Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany visited Beijing amid a previous scare in 2022.. . At the time, Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (weapons,warning,chancellor_olaf_scholz)