Russia just conducted a massive nuclear exercise, which was overseen by President Vladimir Putin and focused on a scenario in which the country responded to a first strike by the West.
Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said the drills simulated "Strategic offensive forces launching a massive nuclear strike in response to a nuclear strike by the enemy." President Putin said Russia's nuclear arsenal is a "Reliable guarantor of the country's sovereignty and security." During the exercise the Russians fired a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk launch pad at the Kura testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Defense Ministry said.
Putin has now formally modified Russia's nuclear doctrine to make clear that it can and will use nuclear weapons in response to conventional attacks on its soil.
According to the new doctrine, a conventional attack on Russia by a nonnuclear nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered to be a joint attack on his country.
In response, the Russians will, if they so desire, use nuclear weapons.
Last year Russia threatened to move nuclear weapons into Belarus as well.
State TV in Russia only weeks ago ran a video showing a simulation of a nuclear attack on London.
https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/nuclear-drills-in-russia-dont-assume
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