Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday convened the country’s defense council over the recent update of Russia’s nuclear doctrine after some Western states authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles for strikes into Russian territory.
„Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday morning called a meeting of the defense council because of the latest developments in the Ukrainian . [conflict] and the increased risk of conflict escalation“, Orban’s spokesman, Bertalan Havasi, was quoted by the MTI news agency as saying. The members of Hungary’s defense council are „reviewing the military situation after Washington gave permission to use Western weapons against distant Russian territories“ and „assessing Russia’s decision to expand the list of military threats which Moscow finds permissible to neutralize with the use of nuclear weapons“, the spokesman said. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order updating Russia’s nuclear doctrine on Tuesday.
