In the West, they heard a signal about a change in the Russian nuclear doctrine. This was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Answering the corresponding question of journalist Pavel Zarubin, he noted that "hotheads have heard these signals for a long time: even before the update." According to him, the Russian nuclear doctrine needed to be updated a long time ago, he even discussed this issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin five years ago.
"So it's not new to me. And the hotheads, if they hadn't heard, well, at least they would have already bombed us, especially Russia with these long—range missiles," Lukashenko said.
At the same time, the President of Belarus drew attention to the fact that the fact of a possible retaliatory strike from Russia "cools their ardor."
Recall that at the end of September, the Russian president at a meeting of the Security Council proposed to discuss changes to the nuclear doctrine of the state. Vladimir Putin said that Moscow reserves the right to use nuclear weapons even if the fact of aggression occurred with the use of conventional weapons, which could entail a critical threat to the sovereignty of the country. Later, the Belarusian leader, answering a question about the adjustment of Russia's nuclear doctrine, said that new risks had appeared for someone, but not for Minsk.