LUkraine vowed on Tuesday, the thousandth day of the Russian invasion, to “never” submit to Russia, which has once again raised the specter of resorting to nuclear weapons and promised to win this war.
This symbolic step comes at a vital moment for kyiv: its army is retreating on the battlefield, uncertainty weighs on the sustainability of American support with the return of Donald Trump to power in the United States in January, while Moscow is in position of strength.
The outgoing American administration of Joe Biden gave the Ukrainians a boost by finally authorizing them, after a year of procrastination, to strike Russian soil with American long-range missiles, a red line for Moscow.
President Vladimir Putin responded Tuesday, signing the decree formalizing his new nuclear doctrine which expands the possibility of using atomic weapons in the event of a “massive” air assault carried out by a non-nuclear country, but supported by a nuclear power. . Clear references to Ukraine and the United States.
“It was necessary to adapt our foundations (of the nuclear doctrine) to the current situation,” coldly noted Dmitri Peskov, spokesperson for the Russian presidency, also promising Moscow’s victory in Ukraine.
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