Nuclear deterrence is a pillar of Russian military doctrine, but the new announcement appears to broaden the definition of what would be considered aggression against that country.
The president Vladimir Putin updated the nuclear doctrine of Russia two days after his American counterpart, the president Joe Biden grant Ukraine authorization to attack targets on Russian territory with long-range missiles American manufacturing.
According to the updated doctrine published Tuesday, Moscow will consider aggression by any non-nuclear-weapon state, but with the participation of a nuclear country , as a joint attack on Russia .
In a telephone interview with journalists, the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov pointed out that Changes in nuclear doctrine warn that “the Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression with conventional weapons against itself and/or against the Republic of Belarus.” as reported by CNN.
Change in Russian nuclear doctrine
THE nuclear deterrent it’s a pillar of Russian military doctrine but the new announcement seems broaden the definition of what would be considered aggression against Russia .
“An important element of this document is that nuclear deterrence aims to ensure that a potential adversary understands the inevitability of retaliation in the event of aggression against the Russian Federation or its allies ” said Peskov.
Change occurs as the Kremlin responds to the decision of the Biden administration allow Ukraine to use powerful long-range US weapons in Russia a measure that the Russian government has already indicated would be a dangerous escalation of war in Ukraine .
Source: Latercera
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