Moscow has the right to use nuclear weapons if it is attacked by the West, says top Russian official

Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if it is confronted with attacks by Western countries, Sergei Soigu, a senior Moscow security official, said today in an interview with the State News Agency TASS. Siigu’s comments were made while US President Donald Trump and Vice President Jay Di Wans warned that Washington could abandon efforts to negotiate a peacekeeping settlement in Ukraine if there is no time. Soigu, who for more than a decade was Russia’s defense minister until he moved to the head of the powerful security council in a government reshuffle last year, cited changes in the Moscow nuclear doctrine approved by President On the basis of the new terms, Russia could consider the case of a nuclear blow in response to a conventional attack on Russia or Belarus, which is its ally, which […]
Source: News Beast

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