November 20 ------ Changes to Russia's nuclear doctrine have been drawn up and will be formalized as necessary, the Kremlin said, signaling again Moscow's concern over the latest U.S. decision on missile strikes from Ukraine. "They (the changes) have already been practically formulated. They will be formalized as necessary," Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin's press secretary, told the TASS state news agency in remarks published.
The Kremlin called on Monday the reported decision by President Joe Biden's administration to allow Ukraine to fire American missiles deep into Russia reckless and it warned that Moscow will respond. Russia, which started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine 1,000 days ago, has repeatedly cautioned that the West is playing with fire by probing the limits of what a nuclear power might or might not tolerate.
In September, President Vladimir Putin said that Western approval of Kyiv's use of long-range missiles would mean "the direct involvement of NATO countries, the United States and European countries in the war in Ukraine" because NATO military infrastructure and personnel would have to be involved in the targeting and firing of the missiles.
Source: reuters.com
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