Russia Will Change Nuclear Doctrine Due to West’s Role in Ukraine: Deputy Foreign Minister

‘As we have repeatedly said before, the work is in the advanced stage,’ Russia’s deputy foreign minister said.
Russia Will Change Nuclear Doctrine Due to West’s Role in Ukraine: Deputy Foreign Minister
An undated photo of a Russian RS-24 Yars mobile missile system at Alabino training ground in Russia. Sergei Bobylev/Russian Defence Ministry Press Office/TASS
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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A top Russian official said the Kremlin will change its nuclear weapons doctrine in response to the war in Ukraine and what Moscow describes as an escalation in the conflict.

Russia’s current nuclear doctrine, issued by President Vladimir Putin in 2020, states that Moscow may use nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack by an enemy or in response to a conventional attack that poses an existential threat to the Russian state.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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