Putin proposes new rules for Russia using nuclear weapons
In key remarks on Wednesday night, the Russian president disclosed his government was considering changing the rules and preconditions around which Russia would use its nuclear arsenal.
Ukraine is a non-nuclear state that receives military back from the US and other nuclear-armed countries.
His comments arrive as Kyiv seeks approval to use long-range Western missiles against military sites in Russia.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has travelled to the US this week and is due to meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on Thursday, where Kyiv's request is expected to be top of the agenda.
Ukraine has pushed into Russian territory this year and wants to target bases inside Russia which it states are sending missiles into Ukraine.
Responding to Putin's remarks, Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak stated Russia "no longer has anything other than nuclear blackmail to intimidate the world".
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Published 9/26/2024