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Merchant vessels don’t normally go and cut undersea cables for the fun of it,
So, it would be a serious gamble. But I cannot, however, rule out that the Kremlin is prepared to take its chances. Especially if Moscow feels that it can count on a weak response. We don’t know if it can,
he said on the Bluesky social media platform Russia is pushing forward and maybe the calculation is that Russia wants to keep its momentum,
From the Russian perspective, this use is equivalent to an attack by them on Russian territory,
Since there’s little Russia can do in response in practical terms, it turns to threatening language on paper to undermine the resolve of the outgoing Biden administration. That’s understandable — direct and indirect nuclear threats have been so effective in the past in deterring Biden from backing Ukraine fully, that it would be disappointing for Moscow if this latest move didn’t make a difference,
Russia’s move will tie in with the campaign by its backers in the West to paint the easing of restrictions on ATACMS strikes into Russia as a dangerous escalation,
said Keir Giles, senior consulting fellow with the London-based think-tank Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia program Russia’s new nuclear doctrine means NATO missiles fired against our country could be deemed an attack by the bloc on Russia,
former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said I don’t see a change in their strategic force posture and so we’ll continue to remain vigilant in this regard,
he said on the 1,000th day since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor Our enemies are forced to admit that the determination of the Russian President to firmly defend the fundamental interests of the country by all available means narrows the room for maneuver for Washington and Brussels. Attempts by individual NATO allies to participate in providing for possible long-range strikes with Western weapons deep into Russian territory will not go unpunished,
Putin's spy chief Sergei Naryshkin said in an interview with the magazine National Defense It would be a serious gamble,
Podvig, a senior researcher at the U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research, said in an email The doctrinal changes have indeed been in the works for some time. It does appear that the timing of the decree was chosen deliberately, to send a (strong) signal of disapproval of the decision to give the authorization,
said Pavel Podvig, an expert on Russia's nuclear forces He has rattled his nuclear saber quite a bit and this is dangerous behavior,
Russia could retaliate with WMD against Kiev and key NATO facilities, wherever they’re located. That means World War III,
added Medvedev, who is now the deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council When it comes to any statements out of Russia and Putin's regime, our clear message is that we will continue to stand steadfast in support of Ukraine and in its defence of itself against an illegal invasion.
Asked if the Government was concerned about claims Russia could step up hybrid warfare against the West, she added Russia has been using a number of delivery systems of missiles that [can] also come with a nuclear warhead. So these are dual capable systems. For example, Iskander M short range ballistic missiles. Those have been used extensively in this war by Russia. So when we have an incoming from Russia to Ukraine and we see that it's an Iskander missile, we don't know if it's nuclear tipped or conventionally tipped,
He keeps playing and pretending like he's going to do something,
The previous version of the Russian doctrine adopted in 2020 allowed also a nuclear response to a large-scale conventional attack, but only in extreme circumstances where the very survival of the state was at stake,
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 this full scale invasion,
Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Research Associate at Harvard's Belfer Center, told German broadcaster Deutsche Welle when the change to Russia's nuclear doctrine was first proposed last month Special attention to Britain, our traditional enemy, as a significant part of the [Russian] Northern Fleet will work against [the UK]
MP and TV presenter Yevgeny Popov warned Look, well, I have to say that, well, our Sarmat [Satan-2] missiles are also ready, always ready for use in Trafalgar Square,
