If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will without doubt use all available means to protect Russia and our people - this is not a bluff.
Imagine for a moment that the unimaginable happens
From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready.
I have decided to conduct a special military operation
Whoever tries to hinder us, or threaten our country or our people, should know that Russia's response will be immediate and will lead you to consequences that you have never faced in your history.
This is a signal that warns these countries about the consequences if they participate in an attack on our country by various means, and not necessarily nuclear ones,
This should be considered a definite signal."
Russia no longer has any instruments to intimidate the world apart from nuclear blackmail. These instruments will not work.”
We see the modern military and political situation is dynamically changing and we must take this into consideration. Including the emergence of new sources of military threats and risks for Russia and our allies,
The victory is needed. They [the West] do not understand any other language. This victory will be ours, we have no doubt."
Europe does not have a developed [early warning system],
It is proposed that aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, be considered as their joint attack on the Russian Federation,
The conditions for Russia's transition to the use of nuclear weapons are also clearly fixed,
The list of military threats has been supplemented,
The United States is committed to Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s brutal aggression,
The nuclear triad remains the most important guarantee of ensuring the security of our state and citizens, an instrument for maintaining strategic parity and balance of power in the world,
It's important to predict how the situation will develop and accordingly adapt the clauses of the document on strategic planning to current realities,
I mean airplanes of strategic and tactical aviation, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic and other aircraft,
We will consider such a possibility once we receive reliable information about a massive launch of air and space attack weapons and their crossing our state border,
We reserve the right to use nuclear weapons in case of aggression against Russia and Belarus as a member of the Union State. All these issues have been agreed with the Belarusian side, with the President of Belarus. Including if the enemy, using conventional weapons, creates a critical threat to our sovereignty,