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Nuclear strike on Ukraine – Putin changed nuclear doctrine due to long-range attacks by Ukraine – UNIAN
It is noted that Putin has been discussing changes in nuclear doctrine over the past few months.
On the 1000th day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the country's updated nuclear doctrine. This decision is a response to Kiev’s first use of long-range missiles on Russian territory, The Times writes.
The update to its nuclear doctrine suggests that Russia has lowered the threshold at which it would consider launching a nuclear strike on another country, journalists noted. In particular, the reason could be an attack by drones or other aircraft by a non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear state.
The doctrine also contains…