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Russia's Putin lowers threshold for use of its nuclear weapons

The threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons was formally lowered by President Vladimir Putin today.

This followed a decision by US President Joe Biden to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with longer-range missiles supplied by Washington.

The updated doctrine says an attack against Russia by a non-nuclear-armed power with the “participation or support of a nuclear power” will be seen as their “joint attack on the Russian Federation.”

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