Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the country’s updated nuclear doctrine today. The new doctrine sets out conditions under which Russia will consider using its arsenal. It allows for a broader use of nuclear weapons. According to the new doctrine, any conventional attack on Russia backed by a nuclear power could be considered a joint attack on Russia. Mr. Putin ordered the changes to the nuclear doctrine in September this year.
The move comes after U.S. President Joe Biden permitted Ukraine to use ATACMS missiles against targets deep inside Russian territory.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military announced that it had hit a large Russian arms depot near Karachev in the Bryansk region, 110 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.
On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones over Bryansk in separate strikes. The ministry also said that its forces had captured a new village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region near the strategic town of Kurakhove after months of steady advances. The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops captured the settlement of Novoselydivka, north of the key hub of Kurakhove.
According to media reports, the Russian army is now advancing rapidly in the Donetsk region, closing in on the industrial town of Kurakhove. Russian troops now control territory to the north, east, and south of Kurakhove.
