If one nuclear power will support an “aggression” against the Russia by a country not equipped with such weapons, this power will still be considered as participating in the attack. It’s the warning Of Vladimir Putinwhich follows the one already launched recently according to which if the USA and other countries Born they will give toUkraine permission to use armaments supplied by them for raid deep into Russian territory, Fly he would consider himself at war with them.
Although the president did not specify whether Russia plans one in this case nuclear responsethe warning was issued illustrating the updates of the atomic doctrine of Moscow.
Another aspect emphasized by Putin is that Moscow reserves the right to use nuclear weapons even in the case of an attack on the ally Belarus. And this, he added, has already been “agreed with the Belarusian side, with the president” Alexander Lukashenko.
There Russian nuclear doctrine until now in force, however, considered the possibility of using nuclear weapons to respond to an attack with weapons of mass destruction or even with conventional weapons, but still capable of threatening the very existence of the State. Now, however, Putin said while discussing the review at a meeting of National Security Council«we see that the military-political situation is changing dynamically, and we are obliged to take this into account, including the emergence of new sources of military threats And risks for Russia and its allies.”
What appears as a reference to the further NATO expansion to the Russian borders, with the entry of Finland in the Alliance, but also a signal sent toWest while discussing the possibility of authorization Kiev to use missiles supplied by countries Atlantic Pact against Russia. Just tomorrow the Ukrainian leader Volodomyr Zelenskyafter today’s speech atUNis expected at White House where he will present to Joe Biden And Kamala Harris his “plan for victory” and will probably insist on the green light for the use of weapons deep into Russian territory.
«In the updated version of the document – Putin said – it is proposed to consider an aggression against Russia by a non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, as a joint attack». But he did not clarify whether this will trigger an immediate one nuclear response. Moscow, Putin underlined, will consider the use of nuclear warheads in case it has “reliable information on a massive launch of air and space weapons and their overcoming of state border».
«I am referring – he added – to strategic aircraft or tactical, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic armaments and other planes.”
Moscow, the Tsar concluded, has always treated the issues of nuclear weapons “with the highest degree of responsibility”, considering them “a extreme measure to protect the sovereignty of the country.” Therefore, even the proposals to update the doctrine are «proportionate to modern military threats and the risks for Russian Federation». But the question of where the limit between a normal is remains outstanding attack to Russia and one that can be considered a threat to its very existence.