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Date: September 25, 2024 at 22:40:59
From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Putin issues new nuclear threat against the West |
URL: Putin issues new nuclear threat against the West |
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Putin issues new nuclear threat against the West
BY ELLEN MITCHELL - 09/25/24 3:24 PM ET
Russian President Vladimir Putin made new threats Wednesday to use
nuclear weapons against the West, suggesting any nuclear power
supporting a country that attacks Russia would be seen as participating in
the aggression.
Addressing Russia’s Security Council, Putin said the country’s nuclear
doctrine has been revised in light of an “emergence of new sources of
military threats and risks for Russia and our allies.”
“The updated version of the document proposes that aggression against
Russia by any non-nuclear-weapon state, but with the participation or
support of a nuclear-weapon state, should be considered as a joint attack
on the Russian Federation,” Putin told the council.
He did not specify whether Russia could respond to such an attack with
nuclear weapons, but said the conditions for their use would be “reliable
information about a massive launch of aerospace attack means and their
crossing of our State border.”
He added, “We reserve the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of
aggression against Russia and Belarus as a member of the Union State.”
Putin’s decision to change Russia’s official nuclear doctrine comes as the
United States and the United Kingdom are considering whether to give
Ukraine permission to fire Western-provided missiles deeper into Russian
territory.
U.S. policy restricts Kyiv from using the American-made weapons such as
the long-range artillery like the Army Tactical Missile System to hit
airfields and logistical hubs across the border.
But Moscow — which has on numerous occasions threatened the West
with nuclear retaliation should it aid Ukraine in its war — maintains that
U.S.-approved long-range strike capabilities would be an unforgivable
escalation.
“This would in a significant way change the very nature of the conflict,”
Putin said earlier this month after President Biden met with Britain’s prime
minister to discuss the restrictions. “It would mean that NATO countries,
the U.S., European countries, are at war with Russia.”
Reports suggest Biden is on the verge of allowing Ukraine to launch the
long-range weapons as long as such missiles aren’t provided by the
United States.
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Date: September 25, 2024 at 22:50:09
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Putin issues new nuclear threat against the West |
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belongs on international, where my reply is...
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Date: September 26, 2024 at 05:04:08
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: issue relates directly to consequences of US policy, US actions(NT) |
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Date: September 26, 2024 at 10:31:31
From: old timer, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: issue relates directly to consequences of US policy, US... |
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