Escalating to nuclear use in response to anything happening in the Ukraine war does not seem credible because it wouldn’t ...

On June 2, the Kremlin published an unprecedented six-page document entitled Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Sphere of Nuclear Deterrence.Although this statement of ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved changes to his country's nuclear doctrine this week, formally amending the conditions — and lowering the threshold — under which Russia would consider ...

Ukraine strikes Russia with U.S.-supplied missiles 02:24 "This is the latest instance of a long string of nuclear rhetoric and signaling that has been coming out of Moscow since the beginning of ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Putin and other Kremlin voices have frequently threatened the West with its nuclear arsenal. But that hasn’t deterred Kyiv’s allies from giving it ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow has a deal to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus and that this would not violate non-proliferation agreements.

MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that changes to Russia's nuclear weapons doctrine outlined by President Vladimir Putin should be considered a signal to Western countries ...

In 2020, Putin signed a decree specifying conditions under which Russia would use nuclear weapons: 1) in response to a nuclear weapon attack and 2) in response to a conventional weapon attack if ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said non-nuclear states supported by nuclear ones could face Russia’s nuclear deterrent in an expansion of its policy. Updated September 25, 2024 6 min ...

The U.S. has seen no change to Russia’s nuclear posture, according to a U.S. National Security Council official who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity. As a result… ...

WASHINGTON − Ukraine carried out its first strike using long-range U.S.-provided missiles on Tuesday. Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin lowered the bar for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons.

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday endorsed Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy which allows him to use atomic weapons in response to a conventional strike targeting the nation’s critical ...