Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of a lightning reaction by the Russian Federation, if someone intervenes in the situation in Ukraine from outsidereports TASS.
“If someone intends to interfere in ongoing events outside and creates unacceptable strategic threats to Russiahe has to to know that our answers will be lightning fast“.
Putin explained that he had already talked about such a scenario “at the very beginning of a special military operation“and now he goes back to his words.
The President assured that Russia has tools for a possible answer that its opponents do not have. “We have all the tools for this: ones that no one can brag about now, but we will not brag about. We will use them if necessary. And I want everyone to know about it. We have made all the decisions on this issue. “
Putin has ordered a special regime for the nuclear forces
A few days ago, the exercises of Russia’s strategic arsenal ended
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Putin mentions the possibility of using nuclear weapons for the second time during the war with Ukraine. On February 27, he announced the transfer of the deterrents “on special combat duty”. He now said that “if anyone intends to intervene in external events and create unacceptable strategic threats to Russia, then our retaliatory strikes will be swift,” the BBC reported.
Putin did not say he meant nuclear forces in particular, but only mentioned “tools“which Russia has and is ready to use. However the very term “reciprocal strike” comes from the field of nuclear deterrence.
However, as in the February statement, his last words do not contain new provisionswho could to be considered a change in the concept of the use of nuclear forces.
In June In 2020, Russia published a document “Fundamentals of State nuclear deterrence policy“, which sets out in particular the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons.
One of these conditions is to obtain reliable information about the launch of ballistic missiles attacking Russia. In other words, the decision to strike Moscow is made after they know for sure that intercontinental nuclear missiles have been fired in the direction of Russia, even if they have not yet reached their target. This type of stroke is called “reciprocal”.
There is the concept of a “reciprocal” strike, which is inflicted after the enemy’s missiles have already reached the target. It appears in Russia’s strategic document – and can be applied in the event that “the enemy uses nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction on the territory of the Russian Federation and (or) its allies“.
Theoretically, there is a “preventive” strike when the enemy is attacked before the launch of his missiles, but this is not described in the Fundamentals of State Policy.
“Unacceptable threats of a strategic nature“which Putin mentioned on April 27, also appear in the conceptalthough not literally in this wording – nuclear forces, according to this document, Moscow can use in case of “aggression against Russia with conventional weapons, when the very existence of the state is under threat.”
It is difficult to tell from Putin’s words whether “unacceptable threats of a strategic nature ” may be less than the destruction of all of Russia.
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