2024-09-30 22:10:27
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that amendments to Russia’s nuclear doctrine are being prepared and are about to be formalized, that is, the relevant documents defining the circumstances under which Moscow will use nuclear weapons will be updated, Reuters reported.
Earlier this week, President Vladimir Putin warned the West that under proposed changes to the doctrine, Russia could use nuclear weapons if attacked with conventional missiles and would treat any attack on its territory backed by a nuclear power as a joint attack.
The changes were widely seen as an attempt by Putin to draw a “red line” for the US and its allies, signaling that Moscow would consider a nuclear response if they allowed Ukraine to strike targets deep inside Russian territory with long-range Western weapons systems.
“The changes have been prepared and will now be formalized,” Peskov said on national air. The spokesman cited the international situation, the escalating tension around Russia’s borders and the approach of NATO’s infrastructure to them, as well as his determined deepening involvement as the reason for the changes in the doctrine. of Western nuclear forces on the side of Kiev in the war in Ukraine.
“Against the background of the increasing involvement of the West, we, of course, have to make decisions, we have to be ready to implement them. The sober heads heard the signals from Russia, the reckless ones will continue their reckless policy, which could have very negative consequences for everyone,” Peskov, quoted by TASS, noted in a conversation with the reporter from the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Pavel Zarubin.