{"id":85904,"date":"2026-08-27T09:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85904"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:39:08","slug":"fears-russia-will-use-tactical-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/fears-russia-will-use-tactical-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Fears Russia Will Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the London Mail\u00a0<\/em>[caution tabloid]:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/27\/00\/110836305-16082617-Fears_have_grown_that_Putin_may_be_about_to_test_a_nuclear_power-a-2_1787786298053.jpg\" alt=\"Fears have grown that\u00a0Putin may be about to test a nuclear-powered cruise missile \u00bf dubbed the Flying Chernobyl (Pictured: A previous\u00a0Burevestnik missile test in October 2019)\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fears that\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Putin<\/span>\u00a0will deploy &#8216;tactical\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">nuclear weapons<\/span>&#8216; against\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Ukraine<\/span> are growing as Russia becomes increasingly frustrated and diplomatic hopes crumble.\u00a0Voices in\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Moscow<\/span> calling for nuclear warheads are becoming louder, and the President is surveying his options for escalation, according to sources.\u00a0Ukraine and Russia have ramped up attacks against each other in recent months, with\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\">Kyiv<\/span> landing significant strikes deep inside Russian territory against its oil infrastructure. Meanwhile, negotiations have all but collapsed, with little hope on either side of a peace deal being found.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the London Mail\u00a0[caution tabloid]: Fears that\u00a0Putin\u00a0will deploy &#8216;tactical\u00a0nuclear weapons&#8216; against\u00a0Ukraine are growing as Russia becomes increasingly frustrated and diplomatic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85905,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85904\/revisions\/85905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}