Nuclear nation supporting an attack on Russia can be considered an aggressor, says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a nuclear power supporting another country's attack on Russia will be considered a participant in aggression

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a nuclear power supporting another country’s attack on Russia will be considered a participant in aggression.

Speaking during Wednesday’s meeting of Russia’s Security Council that considered changes in Russia’s nuclear doctrine, Putin announced that a revised version of the document says that an attack against Russia by a non-nuclear power with support of a nuclear power will be seen as their “joint attack on the Russian Federation.” Putin didn’t specify whether Russia could respond to such an attack with nuclear weapons.

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The change in the doctrine follows Putin’s warning to the U.S. and other NATO allies that allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied long-range weapons for strikes on Russia would mean that Russia and NATO are at war.