Russia’s bloody war in Ukraine continues at an intense pace, and the total number of casualties on both sides exceeds one million soldiers. But now, Putin wants America to be afraid of Russia, through a new move by Moscow. The Kremlin has changed the country’s nuclear doctrine, and the use of weapons of this type will be used even against non-nuclear countries, which threaten the nation.
Russia’s latest efforts to threaten the West with talk of using nuclear weapons are paradoxically dramatic and also less new than it might seem. But they put pressure on the United States, appropriately CEPA.
Russian President Putin told a Security Council meeting on September 25 that there would be changes in the country’s nuclear doctrine. In fact, what he announced confirmed existing military practices rather than a new approach.
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The meeting was a very obvious, elaborate attempt to attract the attention of the United States, where the workday had just begun. The US is considered in Russia to be the main instigator of Western military aid to Ukraine, the main driver of NATO’s military policy and Russia’s main geopolitical adversary.
During the meeting, it was stated that the modification of the “Basic Principles of State Policy” of the Russian Federation regarding nuclear deterrence (nuclear doctrine) was the result of a change in the military-political situation. That is, the war in Ukraine is not going the way the Kremlin would like. In an effort to change the terms of the debate, the nuclear doctrine was used to address a tactical political issue rather than as a document defining Russia’s strategy.
Russia is in crisis. Unsatisfied and angered by the growing scale of weaponry sent to Ukraine and talk of its wider use inside Russia, Putin has sought to deter the move by drawing a series of so-called red lines. One by one they were overcome as circumstances changed.
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However, the possibility of using nuclear weapons must be taken seriously and (as the US has acknowledged) is the focus of discussion in Washington. In an effort to exert pressure but not to strengthen the actual policy of nuclear deterrence, the Kremlin sees changing nuclear doctrine as the most effective solution.
At the meeting, Putin immediately noted that the use of nuclear forces is an extreme measure to protect the country’s sovereignty. Dmitry Peskov, the president’s press secretary, later noted that the proposed changes do not yet affect the global situation, as everyone already knows about Russia’s nuclear potential.
Changes in doctrine broadened the terms of use of nuclear weapons, but remained as uncertain as before. That is, it aims to heighten the fear of escalation without detailing the circumstances under which Russia would use nuclear weapons. In fact, this judgment continues to appear to one man.
Thus, the nuclear doctrine is not an event-triggered mechanism, where a red button lights up and a nuclear missile launches in response. The use of nuclear weapons is always a response to a set of variables, in a given situation, time and types of threat.
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It is always a decision based on the forecast of the development of military threats. This is not only a military response, but also a political one. That is, the additional measures to expand or clarify the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons in the doctrine are not unconditional.
Putin said that in the updated version of the doctrine, aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, can be considered a joint attack on the Russian Federation.
In other words, Putin is almost repeating the Budapest Memorandum signed by Russia in 1994. There, in agreement with the United States and Great Britain, it was declared in relation to Ukraine that nuclear weapons will not be used against a non-nuclear member of the non-proliferation treaty (NPT), except in cases of attack by such a state, jointly or in alliance with a nuclear state.
Source: ziare.com
