The decree lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons and coincides with the U.S. changing policy on Kyiv's use of ATACMS.
Russia's nuclear doctrine lowering the threshold for using the world's largest atomic weapons arsenal was announced in September, but the decree formalizing the changes was pointed in its timing and has caused concern.
' The 11th paragraph says aggression against Russia 'and/or its allies by any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state shall be considered as a joint attack.'When Putin outlined the changes in September, he did not mention any country by name, but the context was clear—given that Ukraine is a non-nuclear state that gets military support from the U.S. and other nuclear-armed countries.
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