Putin Lowers Threshold For Using Nuclear Weapons

Axios reports:

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine on Tuesday to effectively lower his country’s threshold for using nuclear weapons. The new doctrine suggests Russia could use nuclear weapons to respond to attacks by Ukraine carried out with American support.

The new doctrine expands the range of countries and alliances — a clear reference to NATO — subject to nuclear deterrence. It also claims nuclear weapons would only be a last resort to protect Russia’s sovereignty, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

It states that Russia will consider an attack from any non-nuclear state with the backing of a nuclear country as a joint attack.

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