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Russia says it will change nuclear doctrine because of Western role in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)

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Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, state media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Sunday.

The existing nuclear doctrine, set out in a decree by President Vladimir Putin in 2020, says Russia may use nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack by an enemy or a conventional attack that threatens the existence of the state.

Some hawks among Russia's military analysts have urged Putin to lower the threshold for nuclear use in order to "sober up" Russia's enemies in the West.

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[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Oh no he’s gonna write something on a piece of paper!!

Still too much of a little bitch to ever use nukes tho.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Fuck it, if that's how we go that's how we go.

I think there are enough people with more brains than putler over there.

I hope this does scare his Chinese and dkpr allies a bit though.

This one barking Russian bitch is the reason so many flowers are growing?

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Fuck it, if that's how we go that's how we go.

Be faster than climate change.

[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Well it'll still be climate change, just a more abrupt one.

[-] profdc9@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The only material changes I can see would be for Russia to move nuclear weapons into occupied Ukraine and/or resumes nuclear testing. Every other escalation does not result in a change their stance that can be perceived from outside Russia. Either of these events would cause an enormous elevation in the readiness and deployment of NATO forces and would risk uncontrolled escalation. How desperate is Putin now?

[-] mindlight@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oooh.... Someone's realized that a substantially smaller country with Jewish Nazis in the government is way more competent when it comes to specialized military operations?

This is more a sign of desperation than a sign of either strategic military confidence or a booming economy.

Moscow accuses the West of using Ukraine as a proxy to wage war against it, with the aim of inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Russia and breaking it apart.

Dude, you're making yourself more important than you actually are. No one cares about you.

Edit: if you're quoting something, it's kind of expected that you copy the correct quite... duh...

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

a substantially smaller country with Jewish Nazis in the government

What the fuck are you talking about?

[-] mindlight@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

How could you have missed that the only reason Russia started on their glorious 3 day special military operation was to liberate Ukraine from evil Nazi Jews ?

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Oh I see, I thought they were claiming the Nazis were in the military, not the government. I mean it was a bullshit pretext either way, but I misunderstood.

[-] mindlight@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Why choose when you can have both?

Russia have claimed both that the regime and parts of the military were Nazis.

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[-] CanadaPlus 2 points 2 months ago

Some people dislike reaction images and gifs. The ones in this thread are giving me life.

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