The Foreign Ministry recalled the doctrine in response to a question about a nuclear strike on Ukraine

Oleksandr Grushko

Russian military doctrine lays out the grounds for launching a nuclear strike, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told RIA Novosti.

Thus, he answered the question about the likelihood of a preventive tactical nuclear strike on the territory of Ukraine.

“We have a military doctrine, everything is written there. it does not give any other interpretation, except for what is there in black and white,” the diplomat said.

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The decree, which defined four situations in which Russia could launch a nuclear strike, was signed by President Vladimir Putin last June. It:

aggression against Russia with the help of conventional weapons, when the existence of the state is threatened; the impact of the enemy on critical state or military installations of Russia, the failure of which will lead to the disruption of the retaliatory actions of nuclear forces; the use by the enemy of nuclear weapons or other types of weapons of mass destruction against Russia or its allies; receipt of reliable information about the launch of ballistic missiles that attack the territory of Russia or its allies.

After Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine, the Kremlin said that any outcome of Moscow's actions would not be a reason for the use of nuclear weapons. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov then said that Russia would use nuclear weapons only if there was a threat to the existence of the country. “The presence of an existential threat and a special military operation have nothing to do with each other,” he added.

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In early May, the Russian Foreign Ministry assured that the scenarios for the use of nuclear weapons "are not applicable to the implementation of the tasks" of the Russian forces in Ukraine.

On February 27, Putin ordered the containment forces to be put on special alert.

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