On possible nuclear strike, Russia says: it’s all in our military doctrine

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LONDON (Reuters) – Asked if Russia would rule out a preemptive tactical nuclear strike on Ukraine, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday that a decision on the possible use of nuclear weapons was clearly set out in Russia’s military doctrine, RIA reported. “We have a military doctrine – everything is written there,” Alexander Grushko was quoted by state news agency RIA as saying. Russia’s official military deployment principles allow for the use of nuclear weapons if they – or other types of weapons of mass destruction – are used against it, or if the Russian state faces an existent…

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