French President Emmanuel Macron amid reports of allowing Kiev to strike with Western weapons deep into After updating the Russian nuclear doctrine, the Russian Federation called on Moscow to take part in the "collective de-escalation" of the situation on the Ukraine.
"I call on President (Russian Federation Vladimir) Putin to common sense and to his duties ... to comply with the UN Charter and take part in collective de-escalation," he said on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Moscow. Rio de Janeiro.
On Tuesday, the decree of the President of the Russian Federation "On approval of the fundamentals of the state policy of the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear deterrence" was published. The document, among other things, states that the condition determining the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons is a massive take-off of means of aerospace attack, including cruise missiles and drones, and their crossing the border of the Russian Federation.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the publication by Russia of the updated nuclear doctrine is a retaliatory measure, NATO should think about it.
The official representative of the US State Department, Matthew Miller, said on Tuesday that neither the US nor NATO pose any threat to Russia, commenting on changes in the Russian nuclear doctrine. In turn, Deputy Pentagon spokesman Sabrina Singh, when asked about changes in Russia's nuclear weapons policy, said that the United States is not at war with Russia.
Earlier, the New York Times newspaper, citing unnamed representatives of the US administration, reported that US President Joe Biden for the first time authorized the use by Ukraine of American long-range missiles for strikes on Russian territory. According to sources, the first strikes deep into the territory of Russia are likely to be carried out using ATACMS missiles. Head of Diplomacy EU Josep Borrel claims that such permission concerns strikes against the Russian Federation within a radius of 300 kilometers.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the night of November 19 struck six ATACMS ballistic missiles in the Bryansk region. According to the ministry, as a result of the anti-missile battle, five missiles were shot down and one damaged by the combat crews of the S-400 air defense system and the Pantsir air defense missile system. Fragments of the rocket fell on the technical territory of a military facility in the Bryansk region, which caused a fire, which was promptly eliminated. There are no casualties or damage.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on the use of ATACMS missiles in the Bryansk region, said that this was a signal that the West wanted escalation.
Prior to this, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, reported that permission to strike deep into the Russian Federation, if it was accepted and brought to the Kiev regime, means a new round of tension. He also recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin had clearly formulated Moscow's position on decisions on long-range weapons strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Putin has previously stated that NATO countries are not just discussing the possible use of Western long-range weapons by Kiev, in fact, they are deciding whether to get involved directly in the Ukrainian conflict. Direct participation of Western countries in the Ukrainian conflict will change its essence, Russia will be forced to make decisions based on the threats thus created for it, he added, RIA Novosti reminds.