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❗️Key takeaways from statements by President Vladimir Putin at a session of the permanent meeting of the Russian Security Council on nuclear deterrence: ▪️ A number of clarifications have been proposed with regard to the definition of conditions for using nuclear weapons ▪️ Russia's draft updated nuclear doctrine expands the category of states and military alliances subject to nuclear deterrence ▪️ Aggression against Russia by a non-nuclear country jointly with a nuclear country will be viewed as an attack on Russia ▪️ Reliable information about a massive launch of air and space attack weapons towards Russia may be interpreted as a sufficient reason for a nuclear response by Moscow ▪️ Russia must take into account new sources of military threats, risks for itself and its allies ▪️ Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against itself and Belarus ▪️ Russia makes highly responsible approach to nuclear weapons issues, seeks to prevent the “spread of nuclear weapons, their components” ▪️ Critical threat to Russian sovereignty with conventional weapons to be a reason enough for nuclear response ▪️ Russian nuclear triad guarantees the country's security and helps maintain balance in the world ▪️ The update of Russia's military doctrine is calculated, proportionate to threats