declaring for the first time that it would use nuclear weapons not only in response to an attack that threatened its survival, but also in response to any attack that posed a “critical threat ...
Under the doctrine, Russia could theoretically consider any major attack on its territory, even with conventional weapons, by non-nuclear-armed Ukraine sufficient to trigger a nuclear response ...
The leader of Russia, Vladimir Putin, responded to the move from the U.S. by stating that the bar has been lowered when it comes to the use of nuclear weapons in the war. “The Russian Federation ...
Russia's missile forces holding a tactical nuclear weapons drills in the southern military district of the country. Many have raised the question if Russia will now use its extensive nuclear arsenal ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for nuclear weapons use, just two days after the U.S. authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside of Russia. Putin ...
But that hasn't deterred Kyiv's allies from giving it billions of dollars of advanced weapons, some of which have hit Russian soil. The revamped document describes nuclear weapons as “a means of ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin formally lowered the threshold for his country's use of nuclear weapons Tuesday, days after the U.S. allowed Ukraine to strike inside Russia using American missiles.
Earlier on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree approving the Foundations of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence, the country’s updated nuclear doctrine ...