The president has suggested several new criteria that would merit a nuclear response
Russia should update its nuclear doctrine to clearly define circumstances that could prompt Moscow to launch a nuclear strike, President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of the national security council on Wednesday. He also suggested an expanded list of threats that would include “reliable information” of a major airstrike being launched against Russia.
The list of criteria that would justify Russia’s use of its nuclear deterrent should be expanded in the updated version of the doctrine, Putin told the meeting.
“Aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state… supported by a nuclear power should be treated as their joint attack,” the president said.
