MOSCOW.
TASS Russia agency published a strong warning declaration can change the vision of the total conflict in easter Europe as the war raises more between Ukraine and Russia, amid news of the Ukrainian and western side to use their nuclear weapon to end the war.
In response , Russia foreign policy said that according to the treaty between Russia and Belarus it has the right to defend it and in this case the Russian nuclear weapons may be used if any aggression against Russia or Belarus if the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countries are threatened, according to the treaty with Belarus on security guarantees within the Union State, which Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma (the lower chamber of Russia’s parliament) for ratification.
According to the treaty, Russian nuclear weapons may be used in response to the use of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction against Russia or Belarus, “as well as in the case of aggression against one of the parties with the use of conventional weapons, creating a critical threat to its sovereignty or territorial integrity.”
The parties to the treaty consider Russian nuclear weapons as “an important factor in preventing the outbreak of nuclear military conflicts and military conflicts with the use of conventional means of destruction, as well as a deterrent, the use of which is an extreme and compulsory measure.”
In addition, the parties consider an armed attack on a member of the Union State as an act of aggression against the Union State as a whole and will take appropriate retaliatory measures using all forces and means at their disposal. In particular, in the event of aggression against one of the countries, the second country of the Union State shall, upon official request and after consultations between the presidents, immediately provide the necessary military, military-technical and other assistance.
The Russian Federation is known to possess or have possessed three types of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and chemical weapons. It is one of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons and one of the four countries wielding a nuclear triad.
Russia possesses a total of 5,580 nuclear warheads as of 2024,
