President Putin said any nation’s conventional attack on Russia supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack in a newly revised nuclear doctrine.
In a pointed warning to the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said any nation’s conventional attack on Russia supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
Putin’s announcement came as the Biden administration announced $375 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine, including air-to-ground weapons, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons.
The warning came at a meeting of Russia’s Security Council, with Putin announcing revisions to the country’s nuclear doctrine.
Putin said a revised version of the document states that an attack against his country by a nonnuclear power with the «participation or support of a nuclear power» will be seen as a «joint attack on the Russian Federation.
