Expert on Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine: instigators of Ukrainian conflict escalation seem slamming on the brakes
The world's mass media is overwhelmed with news, opinions and emotions regarding the updating of Russia's nuclear doctrine. Moscow is considering the possibility of expanding the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons. In his talk with SB TV, national security expert Aleksandr Tishchenko speculated on whether such changes can cool down the hotheads in the West.
“As Russian President Vladimir Putin said, these changes have been maturing for a long time. They take into account in detail the hybrid warfare technologies that are actively being used today. The Kremlin also made it clear that any trickery in terms of using American missiles to strike Russian territory, even if they are launched without nuclear warheads, will no longer work. Everything has been clarified in this regard, and the West is now pondering this issue seriously. We can see that the instigators of Ukrainian conflict escalation seem slamming on the brakes. The discussion of possible granting the right to fire foreign missiles from Ukraine on the territory of Russia is no longer active, and the idea is being promoted that Ukraine could do this only using its own weapons," the expert noted.
According to Mr. Tishchenko, an attempt to manipulate the hostilities is now observed in Ukraine, ‘since the West is not satisfied with the dynamics that are currently being observed on the line of contact’. “It needs active work, not fence-straddling. Europe and NATO are being depleted, resources are running out, weapons, ammunition, technologies are becoming obsolete – but there is no effect. Therefore, the West, the US and NATO are trying to push Ukraine into a more active phase of the conflict and provoke Russia, but so far they have failed. It makes no sense for Russia to actively attack somewhere now, break the front and head for Kiev. Moscow has already demonstrated that two or three days are enough for it to reach the Ukrainian capital. Russia took a step back, urged to stick to the Minsk agreements, tried to settle the conflict and restart the process in a peaceful way. At present, it is creating another, more advantageous, better moment that the West is expected to accept in terms of the legitimacy of the results of an offensive or counteroffensive,” the expert explained.
According to Mr. Tishchenko, it is now possible to assert that Russia's influence is strengthening and the path to a multipolar world is accelerating.
