Another Nuclear Blackmail by Russia - Dictator Putin Signs Updated Nuclear Doctrine

Following US President Joe Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to strike targets in Russia with longer-range missiles supplied by the US, on the 1000th day after the Russian occupation forces entered Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed a decree expanding the use of nuclear weapons. The revision of the Russian doctrine expands the range of countries and military alliances subject to nuclear deterrence, as well as the list of military threats that this deterrence should counter, AP reports.

In addition, the document states that Russia will now consider any attack on a non-nuclear weapon state supported by a nuclear weapon state to be a joint attack.

Russia also reserves the right to consider a nuclear response to an attack using conventional weapons that threatens its sovereignty, to a massive launch of enemy aircraft and missiles towards Russian territory, and to an attack on its Belarusian ally.

On Tuesday, Russian officials said the measure was a ‘necessary’ response to what Russian dictator Vladimir Putin considers ‘threats’ emanating from the West against Russia's security. ‘It was necessary to adapt our foundations to the current situation,’ spokesman Dmitry Peskov justified Putin's nuclear blackmail during his daily briefing.