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Putin proposes new rules for the use of nuclear weapons

2024-09-26 09:04:31, Kosova & Bota CNA

Putin proposes new rules for the use of nuclear weapons

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Source: AFP

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has said that a conventional attack against Russia by any country that is supported by a nuclear power, will be qualified as a joint attack.

Putin said this on September 25 when he unveiled changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine during a meeting of Russia's Security Council in Moscow.

Russia's current nuclear doctrine states that Russia can use nuclear weapons in the event that an enemy launches a nuclear attack on it, or if it faces a conventional attack that threatens the existence of the state.

The amended version of the document says Russia could use nuclear weapons in response to a conventional attack that poses a "critical threat to our sovereignty," Putin said.

"It is proposed that aggression against Russia by a state without nuclear weapons, but with the support or participation of a nuclear power, be qualified as their joint attack on the Russian Federation," Putin said.

"The conditions for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia are also very clearly defined," Putin said, adding that Moscow would consider such an attack if it received reliable information about the launch of a major strike along the border from the air. with cruise missiles, drones and hypersonic weapons.

Putin also said the list of states and military alliances subject to the non-use of nuclear weapons should be expanded, but did not specify which countries would be added.

A senior Ukrainian government official condemned the changes in Russian doctrine, saying they prove Moscow has nothing left but nuclear blackmail to intimidate the world.

"Russia no longer has any instrument to scare the world except nuclear blackmail," Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president's office, said on September 25 in Telegram.

"These instruments will not work," he added.

Since Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine in 2022, he and others in the Kremlin have threatened the West with Russia's nuclear arsenal to prevent it from increasing support for Kiev.

The changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking permission from his allies in the United States and Europe to use long-range weapons to strike deep inside Russian soil.

Putin has warned in the past that the use of such weapons by Kiev would plunge NATO into direct conflict with Russia./ REL