Putin’s nuclear threats demonstrate need to abolish nuclear weapons, say top advocates

After he attacked Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin often rattled his nuclear sabre. Disarmament advocates say this is a reminder that the West, and the world, should work on ridding itself of nuclear weapons.

Canadian nuclear disarmament advocates argue that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a demonstration of the need to abolish nuclear weapons. Cesar Jaramillo, left, executive director at Project Ploughshares; Jennifer Allen Simons, founder and president of the Simons Foundation Canada and a nuclear disarmament advocate; and Ernie Regehr, chair of the Steering Committee of Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. The Hill Times photograph by Dennis Kovtun

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BY DENNIS KOVTUN

May 19, 2022

Since its invasion of Ukraine in February, Russia has repeatedly brandished its nuclear stick, threatening Ukraine and its Western allies with an apocalypse should they not, in case of Ukraine, cease its resistance, and in case of Ukraine’s allies in the West, stop supporting its effort to repel t...

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