Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council on the subject of nuclear deterrence in Moscow, Russia September 25, 2024. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack.
The decision to change Russia's official nuclear doctrine is the Kremlin's answer to deliberations in the United States and Britain about whether or not to give Ukraine permission to fire conventional Western missiles into Russia.
