While Russia possesses the world’s largest arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons and maintains an intentionally ambiguous ...

U.S. closes embassy in Kyiv amid warnings of "significant" Russian air attack 02:00. Russian President Vladimir Putin approved changes to his country's nuclear doctrine this week, formally ...

What is Russia’s nuclear doctrine? Formally known as the “Basic Principles of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence,” it was signed by Putin in 2020 and outlines when Russia could dip into its ...

Russia has changed its nuclear doctrine with a decree released on November 19. 2024. A Russian RS-24 Yars nuclear missile complex in Red Square, Moscow, on May 5, 2024.

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They say these circumstances would seem to warrant the use of nuclear weapons as laid out in the doctrine. Russian officials haven’t commented on the attacks on the more sensitive targets. The early ...

Russia is preparing an update to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons. NPR's A Martinez asks Cold War historian Sergey Radchenko what it could mean for the West.

KARACHI: On 3 June, the Daily Mail ran a headline that many dismissed as melodramatic, but few could ignore: “Putin knows a ...

Putin's predecessor floated the idea but retracted it after Trump called him on it. Some analysts believe the threat bears ...

By striking Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday night, President Donald Trump did not just deal a blow to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He also established an important new prec ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin voices have frequently threatened the West with its nuclear arsenal. On Day 1 of the war, Putin said "whoever tries ...