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The decision to change Russia's official nuclear doctrine is the Kremlin's answer to deliberations in the United States and Britain about whether or not to give Ukraine permission to fire conventional Western missiles into Russia.
Putin, opening a meeting of Russia's Security Council, said that the changes were in response to a swiftly changing global landscape which had thrown up new threats and risks for Russia.
The 71-year-old Kremlin chief, the primary decision-maker on Russia's vast nuclear arsenal, said he wanted to underscore one key change in particular.
“ It is proposed that aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, be considered as their joint attack on the Russian Federation,
Vladimir Putin,
Russia’s Putin threatens nuclear action against West if Ukraine…
“ The conditions for Russia's transition to the use of nuclear weapons are also clearly fixed,
Vladimir Putin,
Russia’s Putin threatens nuclear action against West if Ukraine…
“ We see the modern military and political situation is dynamically changing and we must take this into consideration,
Vladimir Putin,
Putin to allow nuclear response in case of joint attack by non-nuclear…
“ I mean airplanes of strategic and tactical aviation, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic and other aircraft,
Vladimir Putin,
Putin to allow nuclear response in case of joint attack by non-nuclear…
“ It’s important to predict how the situation will develop and accordingly adapt the clauses of the document on strategic planning to current realities,
Vladimir Putin,
Putin to allow nuclear response in case of joint attack by non-nuclear…