Putin signs revised doctrine lowering threshold for nuclear response if Russia is attacked

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised atomic doctrine connected Tuesday stating that immoderate onslaught connected Russia supported by a state with atomic powerfulness could beryllium grounds for a atomic response.

Putin signed the caller argumentation connected the 1,000th time of the warfare with Ukraine and the time aft President Biden authorized Ukraine to usage U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles to onslaught wrong Russia.

The doctrine besides states that Russia could respond to aggression against its state Belarus with atomic weapons, The Associated Press reported.

Though the doctrine doesn't specify that Russia volition decidedly respond to specified attacks with atomic weapons, it does notation the "uncertainty of scale, clip and spot of imaginable usage of atomic deterrent" arsenic cardinal principles of deterrence.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised doctrine stating that an onslaught connected Russia supported by a state with atomic powerfulness could perchance trigger a atomic effect during a Nov. 18 gathering astatine the Kremlin successful Moscow. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

When asked if the updated doctrine comes successful effect to Biden's determination to easiness restrictions connected however Ukraine tin onslaught Russia, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the AP that the doctrine was published "in a timely manner." 

Peskov besides said Putin told the authorities to update it earlier this twelvemonth truthful that it's "in enactment with the existent situation" – the Russian president led a gathering successful September to sermon these projected revisions to the doctrine.

The Kremlin said the revision was published "in a timely manner" erstwhile asked if it was done successful effect to President Biden authorizing Ukraine to usage U.S. long-range missiles successful Russia. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque )

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Revealed successful September, the doctrine present officially states that an attack connected Russia by a nonnuclear powerfulness with the "participation oregon enactment of a atomic power" volition beryllium seen arsenic a "joint onslaught connected the Russian Federation."

A Yars intercontinental ballistic rocket is test-fired from the Plesetsk launchpad successful northwestern Russia successful October 2024. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

It besides contains a broader scope of conditions that would trigger the usage of atomic weapons, noting that they could beryllium utilized successful effect to an aerial onslaught involving ballistic and cruise missiles, aircraft, drones and different flying vehicles.

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The erstwhile papers threatened the usage of Russia's arsenal if "reliable accusation is received astir the motorboat of ballistic missiles targeting the territory of Russia oregon its allies."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.