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What’s Russia’s nuclear doctrine and how did Putin change it?
Irrespective of whether Putin is prepared to go nuclear, the threat is intended to show the world that Russia remains a major power and that Washington and its allies should limit their support for Ukraine.
A distinctive feature of Russia’s military tactics has been that it doesn’t rule out using nuclear weapons in a conventional war.
Now, President Vladimir Putin has lowered the bar further for deploying tactical and more powerful strategic atomic weap... [7092 chars]