In late 2022, the United States began preparing for the possibility that Russia might launch a nuclear strike against Ukraine. The US administration’s fears were based on some intelligence information, states CNN. “We had to plan so that we were in the best possible position in case this no‑longer unthinkable event actually took place,” a senior US administration official told CNN. According to another US official, from late summer to fall 2022, the US National Security Council convened a series of meetings to develop contingency plans, including for either very clear signs of a nuclear strike…