Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin is once again making people sit up with his threatening gestures. According to him, NATO is a danger to Russia and Asian countries.
“We see what is happening in Asia: a system of blocs is being built,” Putin said in Vietnam at the end of his two-day trip to Asia. NATO is moving to Asia as if it were ‘a permanent home’. South Korea warned Putin against supplying weapons to Ukraine.
“This obviously poses a threat to all countries in the region, including the Russian Federation,” Putin added in his assessment of Asia. We are obliged to respond to this and will do so.” A statement from NATO was initially not available.
The US has pushed NATO to build ties with countries including Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, citing China’s growing military capabilities. Putin visited North Korea before Vietnam. There he signed a defense agreement.
The West should take the warnings more seriously
Putin justified possible changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine with a supposedly lower threshold for Western states to use nuclear weapons. “Atomic bombs with low explosive power are mainly being developed,” the Kremlin chief said on Thursday. Western experts see nothing bad in the use of such so-called mini-nukes, as Russia has acknowledged. “This is also related to my statement that we are thinking about possible changes in our strategy.”
Russia started its war of aggression against Ukraine more than two years ago. During this, Moscow repeatedly made threats about the possible use of nuclear weapons if the West intervened in the conflict.
This is what currently valid nuclear doctrine says
Current Russian nuclear doctrine states that Moscow may use nuclear weapons only in two cases: in the event of a nuclear attack on Russia or if an attack with conventional weapons endangers the country’s survival. The vague definition has led some hardliners to push the Kremlin to tighten the doctrine to force the West to take the warnings more seriously.
Source: Krone
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