Russia possesses more than 5,000 nuclear warheads and a 625-mile-range supersonic missile. The West understands that “the revisions Putin outlined have largely undermined the attempts by
The United States and NATO to achieve a strategic defeat of our nation,” according to Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
Moreover, defeating the Russian Armed Forces on the battlefield is effectively eliminated by the enlarged requirements for deploying nuclear weapons.
“I’m unfortunately not surprised by the comments the Kremlin has made around the publication of this new, revised document,” U.S.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told the Associated Press, adding that Russia has frequently attempted to “coerce and intimidate both Ukraine and other countries around the world through irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and behavior.”
NATO nations, including the United Kingdom, denounced the “irresponsible rhetoric” and reaffirmed their backing for Ukraine.
