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Ex-US ambassador on Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling

The Kyiv Independent’s Dinara Khalilova sits down with the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Steven Pifer, to discuss the political implications of Russia’s attack on Dnipro with a nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile last week.

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The Kyiv Independent News Desk is a part of The Kyiv Independent media outlet from Ukraine that shares news updates on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, local Ukraine news as well as international stories making headlines from a Ukrainian perspective. The Kyiv Independent media was launched in November, 2021.

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