Russian President Vladimir Putin's broadened nuclear doctrine appeared to be a thinly veiled threat to the United States and its allies over their ramped-up support for Ukraine.
The updated document includes a change that allows for Moscow to launch a nuclear strike if attacked by a nonnuclear country, such as Ukraine, that is supported by a nuclear state, such as the U.S.
It was formally approved the same day that Kyiv used its first U.S.-supplied long-range ATACMS missiles against Russia.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told NBC News that he saw no indication that Moscow is imminently intent on using nuclear weapons.
“He has rattled his nuclear saber quite a bit and this is dangerous behavior,” Austin said of Putin.
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