“The press secretary of the head of the Kremlin, Dmytro Peskov, said that it is not necessary to connect Ukrainian drone strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation with the possibility of corresponding nuclear strikes, in particular, against the background of the recent change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The press secretary of the head of the Kremlin, Dmytro Peskov, said that it is not necessary to connect Ukrainian drone strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation with the possibility of corresponding nuclear strikes, in particular, against the background of the recent change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine.
Source: Russian propaganda publication RIA Novosti, Russian Telegram channels that publish an audio recording of Peskov’s comment
Details: The journalist stated that “over the past weekend, 125 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over Russia”, which was one of the “largest attacks”, and asked whether this would be a reason to use nuclear weapons, especially against the background of the change in the Russian nuclear doctrine.
Peskov’s direct speech: “Well, to be honest, there is no need to excessively appeal to this document. This document is extremely important. Important decisions have been made. They will be formalized accordingly, but the SVO (this is how they change the concept of war in Russia – ed.) continues at its own pace, and there is no need here every time to look for some connections”.
Why is this important?: Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has repeatedly announced various “red lines”, the violation of which would allegedly lead to a response with nuclear weapons.
The “red lines” at various times referred to Leopard tanks, Western missiles, F-16 fighters, and more.
Ukraine has repeatedly crossed these so-called “red lines” of the Kremlin. But even the entry of Ukrainian troops into Russian territory and the keeping of hundreds of Russian settlements under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not lead to any fundamentally new reaction of Russia in response to such actions.
Russian ruler Vladimir Putin first chose a strategy of not noticing what was happening, and then tried in every possible way to downplay the significance of the seizure of Russian territories by the Ukrainian army.
Also, the Russian authorities and propagandist media decided not to notice Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian airfields and ammunition depots – after each new attack, they only write about the fact that air defense has allegedly shot down dozens of drones, and never comment on the destruction or losses.