will respond with nuclear weapons to any NATO country that attacks Russia

Russian President, Vladimir Putinhas opened the door to a nuclear response in case that any NATO country attacks Russiaonce again raising a recurring threat since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin leader has announced a renewal of its nuclear doctrine that will broaden the type and source of threats to which Russia could respond with nuclear weapons.

His decision to change the nuclear doctrine is Moscow’s response to the US and UK deliberations on whether or not to give Ukraine permission to launch western missiles conventional weapons against Russian territory.

“Specialists from the Ministry of Defense, Foreign Affairs, the Security Council and other entities carried out a deep analysis, assessed the need for correct our approaches to the possible use of nuclear weapons“A number of specifications have been proposed for the conditions of the use of nuclear weapons,” Putin said during a meeting of the Russian National Security Council on possible changes to the country’s nuclear doctrine.

The Russian president noted that “the category of states and military alliances to which nuclear containment applies has been expanded, The list of military threats was expanded “in response to which nuclear containment actions will be taken.”

“We reserve the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against Russia and Belarus as a member of the State Union,” he said, noting that this includes the use of conventional weapons by the enemy. “creates a critical threat to our sovereignty.”

Putin stressed that the issue has already been agreed with the Belarusian side and in particular with the president. Alexander Lukashenko. He also noted that “in the revised version of the document, aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state but with the participation or support of a nuclear power will be considered as a joint attack against Russia.”

“The conditions for the use of nuclear weapons by Russia have been clearly defined. We will consider the possibility of obtaining reliable information about the mass launch of aerospace attack vehicles and their crossing of our border,” he said.

kyiv speaks of “nuclear blackmail”

Ukraine has said that the changes Putin has introduced in its nuclear doctrine are due to the fact that Russia is left with only nuclear blackmail.

“Russia no longer has any other instruments to intimidate the world than nuclear blackmail“Andriy Yermak, head of Volodomir Zelensky’s cabinet, said in response to Putin’s statements.Those instruments will not work“.

Moscow admitted last June that it had already begun revamping its military and nuclear doctrines due to the deterioration of the international situation, largely due to the West’s reaction to the war in Ukraine.

Until now, the military doctrine contemplates the use of nuclear weapons only “in extraordinary cases”that is, if the very existence of the Russian state is threatened.