'This week, alarming news reaches me on how Ukraine’s military is viewing the possibility that Russia may resort to a nuclear strike'

News from the front suggests that Ukrainian troops are still in dire need of ammunition

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According to leaked documents, under Vladimir Putin the Kremlin has reduced its threshold for a devastating nuclear strike

Proximity to danger is always a key factor when we feel under threat.

The closer we are to the threat, the more uncomfortable we will likely feel.

So when we sit in the west and talk about Russia’s nuclear threat we might not feel quite as ill at ease as we might if we were in Kyiv. But my contacts in Ukraine believe we should all be feeling uncomfortable. As uncomfortable as they are in fact.

This week, alarming news reaches me on how Ukraine’s military is viewing the possibility that Russia may resort to a nuclear strike.

Russia has already, my sources in Kyiv tell me, achieved nuclear-weapon dominance - but with a far more alarming lead than previously believed.