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  With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the horror of nuclear war has returned to the forefront of public discourse after being absent for decades, underscoring the breakdown of the Cold War-era system of international security. The military impasse has stoked concerns that Moscow may turn to its nuclear arsenal in an effort to break the deadlock and forward its attack. The five recognised nuclear weapon states and permanent members of the UN Security Council are Britain, China, France, and Russia. According to Camille Grand, a former NATO deputy secretary-general, "it's the first time a nuclear power has used its standing to wage a conventional war beneath the shadow cast by nuclear weapons." Asserting that the use of the weapons is still "improbable," he told AFP, "One could have assumed that rogue states would take such an attitude, but suddenly it's one of the two big nuclear powers, a member of the UN Security Council." The moral a...