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Russia says it will change nuclear doctrine because of Western role in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28141395

Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, state media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Sunday.

The existing nuclear doctrine, set out in a decree by President Vladimir Putin in 2020, says Russia may use nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack by an enemy or a conventional attack that threatens the existence of the state.

Some hawks among Russia's military analysts have urged Putin to lower the threshold for nuclear use in order to "sober up" Russia's enemies in the West.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I guess they're relaxing the policy, since they've hinged previously that they viewed attacks on Russian territory to be a threat to the existence of Russia and would use nukes in response. But they didn't.