NYT column warns the 'world is probably now closer to the use of nuclear weapons than at any point in decades'

Ross Douthat, a New York Times columnist, argued that there may come a time when U.S. interests diverge from Ukraine's in order to prevent nuclear war.

Joe Silverstein is a production assistant for Fox News Digital. 

"This problem is worth pondering because the world is probably now closer to the use of nuclear weapons than at any point in decades—and just how close may depend on the unknowable mental states of the Russian dictator," Douthat argued.