Russia policy changes to nuclear weapons

The main event of the past day.

🇷🇺 Statements by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the meeting of the permanent meeting of the Security Council on nuclear deterrence

🔻Main theses:

▪️The use of nuclear forces is an extreme measure of protection of the country's sovereignty.

▪️ Reliable information about the launch of air-space assault weapons towards the Russian Federation will attract a nuclear response.

▪️A critical threat to the sovereignty of the Russian Federation and non-nuclear weapons will be the basis for the nuclear response.

▪️Russia is obliged to take into account the emergence of new sources of military threats and risks for itself and allies.

▪️Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against Belarus.

▪️ Russia may consider the use of nuclear weapons already after credible data on mass launch of missiles and UAVS at crossing the border.

▪️The Russian Federation takes a highly responsible approach to nuclear weapons issues, striving to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and its components.

▪️Russia has expanded the category of states and military unions against which nuclear restraint is being carried out.

▪️Today, the nuclear triad remains the most important guarantee for securing the security of our state.

▪️In the updated edition of the document, aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation of or with the support of a nuclear state, is proposed to be viewed as a joint attack on the Russian Federation.

The new document expands categories of states and military unions and adds a list of military threats against which nuclear deterrence is being held.

Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against Belarus.

"The updated edition of the document suggests to consider aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation of or with the support of a nuclear state, as their joint attack on the Russian Federation." The conditions of Russia's transition to the use of nuclear weapons are also clearly fixed. We will consider this possibility only when we receive credible information about the mass launch of air-space assault weapons and their crossing of our state border. I mean strategic and tactical aviation aircraft, winged missiles, drones, hypersonic and other aircraft," said the President of Russia.