President Putin emphasized the need to have modern and ready-to-use strategic forces, attributing the decision to commence drills to "new external threats and risks." This highlights Russia's approach to maintaining a salient deterrent against perceived adversaries.
Belousov's assertion regarding the exercises aims to prepare for "strategic offensive forces launching a massive nuclear strike in response to a nuclear strike by the enemy" encapsulates the current national security framework that frames nuclear readiness as a central priority.
Putin's warning that allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied longer-range weapons would put NATO at war with Russia underscores the escalating tensions and potential for miscalculation in Western military support for Ukraine.
The revised nuclear doctrine proposing that an attack on Russia backed by a nuclear power would be considered a joint attack suggests a new strategic layer in Russia's defense posture, creating ambiguity around nuclear response scenarios.
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