Washington, Sep 26 (Sputnik).- Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements about changes in his country’s nuclear doctrine are “totally irresponsible” and will work against Moscow, the Secretary of State (Chancellor) said this Thursday. from the US, Antony Blinken.
“It’s totally irresponsible, and I think many in the world have spoken clearly about it while he’s been rattling the nuclear saber, including China in the past,” the official said during a television interview with MSNBC.
Blinken considered that “doing that now that the world is gathered in New York, even to talk about the need for greater disarmament and non-proliferation, is going to have a very negative effect on the entire world.”
On Wednesday, at the permanent meeting of the Russian Security Council, Putin proposed updating the foundations of the state policy on nuclear deterrence.
The president indicated that the new wording of the doctrine considers the aggression of any non-nuclear country in which it participates or that is carried out with the support of a nuclear state as a joint attack on Russia.
Putin stated that his country reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression, even if the enemy poses a critical threat to Russia using conventional weapons.
The changes in Moscow’s nuclear doctrine come amid debates in some North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries about whether or not to allow Ukrainian troops to attack deep Russian territory beyond the line of defense with their missiles. fighting in Donbas.
Russian forces have been carrying out a military operation since February 2022 to stop Ukrainian bombings against civilians in Donetsk and Luhansk, territories that became independent from Ukraine in 2014 and joined Russia in September 2022.
Ukraine is supported militarily by NATO, the war bloc made up of 32 countries, three of them – the United States, Great Britain and France – possess nuclear weapons. (Sputnik)
