Russia's updated nuclear doctrine allows for a nuclear response to the use of Western non-nuclear missiles by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
This was announced on November 19 by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
His statement is quoted by TASS .
What Peskov said about the nuclear response to the use of Western non-nuclear missiles by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The Kremlin representative recalled that the updated nuclear doctrine states that the Russian Federation has the right to a nuclear response in the event of aggression against it and/or Belarus as a member of the Union State, which creates a critical threat to their sovereignty and/or territorial integrity.
Yes, this is being discussed, Peskov answered the question of whether the Russian Federation would consider the use of Western non-nuclear missiles by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as an element of an attack by a non-nuclear country with the support of a nuclear country and whether this would entail a nuclear response.
The Kremlin representative clarified that the Russian Federation considers the use of nuclear weapons as an extreme measure.
Russia has always viewed nuclear weapons as a means of deterrence, the use of which is an extreme, forced measure, said the press secretary of the head of the Russian state.
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Dmitry Sergeevich Peskov is a Russian statesman, deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation – press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin since May 22, 2012.
