Vladimir Putin ramped up his bellicose rhetoric Wednesday and announced at a meeting of the Russian Security Council that henceforth, if a nation attacks the Russian Federation and a nuclear power supports that country, then it will be considered a joint attack.
He also said he reserved the right to use nuclear weapons in defense of the motherland as well as Russian ally Belarus.
⚡️PUTIN: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN CASE OF AGGRESSION AGAINST RUSSIA AND BELARUS⚡️
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed significant updates to Russia’s nuclear strategy, citing the rapidly evolving global military-political situation. These changes… pic.twitter.com/KSLqyAOEp0
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Putin, who started a war with Ukraine, said that because of an “emergence of new sources of military threats and risks for Russia and our allies,”…