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Putin Signs Decree Allowing Broader Use of Nuclear Arms

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  19 Nov 2024, 17:41
Photo: AFP

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday (November 19) allowing Moscow to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state if it is supported by nuclear powers.

The move comes on the 1000th day of Russia's offensive on Ukraine and after the United States permitted Kyiv to use long-range missiles to strike military targets inside Russia.

The Moscow Kremlin said that broadening the rules for the use of nuclear weapons was a "necessary" response to what Moscow sees as Western threats to its security, AFP said in a report.

"It was necessary to bring our principles in line with the current situation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, shortly after Putin signed a decree easing the conditions under which Moscow would consider launching a nuclear attack.

Putin first announced changes in the nuclear doctrine in September, when he chaired a meeting discussing the proposed revisions.

Source: Reuters

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