Senior politician Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow’s nuclear doctrine does not require enemy state to use such weapons first
Highlights
- Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine, says Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Russia has the world’s largest number of nuclear weapons, says Putin.
- Putin says Russia is prepared to use any nuclear weapons without the help of the U.S.
- military.
- Russia’s defence minister says he is ‘prepared to defend the sovereignty’ of the country and its allies in Ukraine.
- Russia is planning to launch an offensive against the Ukraine government in the wake of the unrest, says the Russian president.