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on wednesday, september 25, moscow time, putin chaired a standing meeting on nuclear deterrence within the framework of the russian federation security council. the meeting mainly discussed the renewal of the foundations of the national policy of nuclear deterrence.

president putin outlined plans to update russia’s nuclear doctrine, the fundamental principles of the state policy of nuclear deterrence.

the core principle of using nuclear weapons remains unchanged - russia uses nuclear weapons as a last resort to defend its national sovereignty. however, changes in the global geopolitical landscape and emerging military threats require adjustments to russia's nuclear doctrine.

putin said that the current political and military situation is changing rapidly and russia should pay attention to this fact, including the emergence of new sources of military threats and risks to russia and its allies.

president putin said:

"it is proposed to make a number of clarifications in the definition of the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons. to expand the scope of countries and military alliances subject to nuclear deterrence in the draft of russia's basic national policy on nuclear deterrence. to supplement the list of military threats that need to be offset by nuclear deterrence measures.

in particular, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that in the revised text, non-nuclear-weapon states, jointly with nuclear-weapon states oraggression against russia with the support of nuclear-weapon states will be seen as a joint attack against russia.。”

putin said that in the updated version of russia's nuclear doctrine, russia may consider using nuclear weapons when there is reliable data indicating a large-scale launch of missiles and drones across russia's borders.

he pointed out that russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if belarus, as a member of the russia-belarus union, is invaded.

putin pointed out: "as a member of the union state, russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against russia and belarus. all these issues have been agreed upon with the belarusian side and the belarusian president, including the extreme threat to our sovereignty posed by the enemy's use of conventional weapons.”

the russian president said that all updates were carefully considered and commensurate with the modern military threats and risks facing the russian federation.

putin said that today, the nuclear triad remains the most important guarantee for the security of our country and our citizens, and is also a tool for maintaining global strategic equilibrium and balance of power.

he added that experts had conducted in-depth analysis over the past year and assessed the need to adjust the methods of possible use of nuclear forces.

putin said that the basis of russia's national policy in the field of nuclear deterrence is determined by adjusted and weighed military threats and risks.

president putin pointed out that russia has always handled the nuclear weapons issue with a high degree of responsibility and has been working to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and their components.

the draft has been prepared but the president has yet to approve it.

the biggest change in russia's nuclear weapons doctrine is thatif faced with an attack by an enemy armed by a nuclear power, russia reserves the right to strike first with nuclear weapons!

this means that if the united states and the west approve ukraine's use of western-made missiles to attack the russian mainland, it will directly face nuclear retaliation!

russian deputy foreign minister sergei vershinin told the media on september 25 that if the united states and its allies agree to allow the ukrainian army to use their weapons to launch strikes deep into russian territory, they will become direct participants in kiev's military operations against russia.