Russian President Vladimir Putin has given a “nuclear warning” to the West and said that it could resolve to use nuclear weapons if the country gets hit by conventional missiles from Ukraine, as reported by Reuters.
During his meeting of Russia’s Security Council on September 25, Putin stated that Moscow would consider any attack supported by a nuclear power as a joint attack on it. “It is proposed that aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, be considered as their joint attack on the Russian Federation,” Putin said.
“The conditions for Russia’s transition to use of nuclear weapons are also clearly fixed,” he added.
Responding to the threat, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak said, “Russia no longer has any instruments to intimidate the world apart from nuclear blackmail.” He added that these tactics wouldn’t work.
According to Reuters, this move to change Russia’s official nuclear doctrine was the Kremlin’s answer to the West, following the deliberations in the US and Britain on whether they would permit Ukraine to launch an attack on Russia using conventional Western missiles.
According to Putin, the adjustments were necessary because the world was changing so quickly, which presented new risks and threats for Russia.
As per media reports, Putin stated that Russia reserved the right to use nuclear weapons in addition to conventional weapons in the event that it or its partner Belarus were the target of aggression. He further stated that the explanations confirmed that the nuclear doctrine was evolving and that they were appropriately calibrated to match Russia’s contemporary military threats.
Meanwhile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted on September 26, “During the meeting with President Joe Biden, I presented the Victory Plan to him. We discussed details to strengthen the Plan, coordinated our positions, views, and approaches, and tasked our teams with consultations on the next steps. We deeply appreciate that Ukraine and the United States have stood side by side since the very beginning of the Russian invasion. Your determination is incredibly important for us to prevail.”
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweets, “During the meeting with President Joe Biden, I presented the Victory Plan to him. We discussed details to strengthen the Plan, coordinated our positions, views, and approaches, and tasked our teams with holding consultations on the… pic.twitter.com/PopvYiHexR
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Russian forces have reached the outskirts of Vuhledar, a key Ukrainian stronghold, amid an intensified offensive push in the area. Ukraine has struck Russian rear ammunition depots, highlighting the vulnerability of Russia’s military logistics.
Earlier this week, Ukraine President
(With agencies’ inputs)
