Putin Makes it Easier for Russia to Use Nuclear Weapons When Attacked
Russian Dictator President Vladimir Putin signed a new nuclear doctrine after President Joe Biden allowed Ukraine to use American-supplied longer-range missiles to hit inside Russia.
The new doctrine states “that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.”
Yup:
The signing of the doctrine, which says that any massive aerial attack on Russia could trigger a nuclear response, demonstrates Putin’s readiness to tap the country’s nuclear arsenal to force the West to back down as Moscow presses a slow-moving offensive in Ukraine.Asked whether the updated doctrine was deliberately issued on the heels of Biden’s decision, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the document was published “in a timely manner” and that Putin instructed the government to update it earlier this year so that it is “in line with the current situation.”Putin first announced changes in the nuclear doctrine in September, when he chaired a meeting discussing the proposed revisions.
Moscow claimed Ukraine fired the first of those missiles this morning:
Moscow says Ukrainian forces have taken advantage of President Biden’s green light and launched 6 U.S.-made ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) into Russian territory Tuesday.Russia says it shot down five of the missiles and damaged the sixth. It added that debris landed in the area of a Russian military facility, but that no casualties or damage beyond a small fire.Ukraine did not immediately confirm the use of ATACMS on Tuesday, but officials did announce an attack on a military facility in Russia’s Bryansk region, the same region where Moscow says the missiles fell.
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