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Putin issued a warning targeting the West with his newly revised nuclear doctrine.
In a pointed warning to the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said any nation’s conventional attack on Russia supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
Putin’s announcement came as the Biden administration announced $375 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine, including air-to-ground weapons, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons.
The warning came at a meeting of Russia’s Security Council, with Putin announcing revisions to the country’s nuclear doctrine.
Putin said a revised version of the document states that an attack against his country by a nonnuclear power with the “participation or support of a nuclear power” will be seen as a “joint attack on the Russian Federation.”
Putin emphasized that the revised doctrine spells out conditions for using nuclear weapons in greater detail, noting they could be used in case of a massive air attack.
“Conditions for Russia’s move to use nuclear weapons are clearly stated” in the revisions, he said.
“We will consider such a possibility when we receive reliable information about a massive launch of air and space attack assets and them crossing our state border,” Putin added, citing “strategic and tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic and other flying vehicles.”
The Kremlin’s revision of its nuclear response doctrine has opened the door for a major nuclear power to loosen its declaratory policy, which is “never good,” one expert warned…
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