“Josep Borrell emphasized that any call for nuclear war is irresponsible”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The fact that they [російська влада] announced an update to its nuclear doctrine, which coincides with the 1000 days of Russia’s war against Ukraine, has a somewhat symbolic [характер]. This is not the first time they have threatened nuclear escalation, which is completely irresponsible,” he said during a press conference.
Borrell emphasized that any call for nuclear war is irresponsible.
“We have to call a spade a spade. This is not the first time that Putin has played the nuclear game. It has also created food and energy security crises. Not for the first time, he uses everything he can to create danger – [ввести] North Korean troops on European soil – but [говорити] on nuclear deterrence is something we strongly reject. We condemn any mention of the use of nuclear weapons, and this is certainly done on purpose on this particular date,” he added.
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The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, signed the decree “On approval of the Fundamentals of the State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence”. The document was published on the official Russian legal information portal on November 19 and entered into force.
The updated doctrine provides that the basis for a nuclear attack can be “aggression against the Russian Federation and its allies by any non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear state”, as well as a massive air attack by non-nuclear means, in particular drones.
Putin proposed to update the doctrine of nuclear deterrence at the meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on September 25. The spokesman of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmytro Peskov, said that the changes should be considered as a “certain signal” for the West. “This is a signal that warns these countries about the consequences in case of their participation in an attack on our country by various means, and not necessarily nuclear ones,” Peskov said.
Moscow updated its nuclear doctrine on the 1,000th day of the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine, as well as against the background of reports of Kyiv’s use of an American ATACMS missile to strike an ammunition depot near Bryansk.