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Putin lowers nuclear weapon threshold after Biden approves Ukrainian use of US long-range missiles
President Vladimir Putin lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles, NBC’s Keir Simmons reports.