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Russian President Vladimir Putin unveils plans to make it easier to use nuclear weapons
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was changing its nuclear deterrence doctrine so that an attack by a non-nuclear state backed by a nuclear-armed ally would now be viewed as a "joint attack."
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President Vladimir Putin says any nation’s conventional attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
President Vladimir Putin says any nation’s conventional attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively lowered the threshold for what would prompt a nuclear response. In a strongly worded warning to the West on Wednesday, Putin said that any attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
In a strong, new warning to the West, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that any nation’s conventional attack on Russia that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
President Putin said any nation’s conventional attack on Russia supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack in a newly revised nuclear doctrine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was changing its nuclear deterrence doctrine so that an attack by a non-nuclear state backed by a nuclear-armed ally would now be viewed as a "joint attack."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for nuclear weapons use, warning that Western support for Ukraine could lead to a nuclear response.
