Jack PhillipsThe Epoch TimesA top Russian official said the Kremlin will change its nuclear weapons doctrine in response to the war in Ukraine and what Moscow describes as an escalation in the conflict.Russia’s current nuclear doctrine, issued by President Vladimir Putin in 2020, states that Moscow may use nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack by an enemy or in response to a conventional attack that poses an existential threat to the Russian state.In recent years, some Russian officials have publicly suggested that Putin should revise the doctrine in response to the war in Ukraine and what they describe as ongoing Western and NATO involvement in the conflict.Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state-run media on Sept. 1 that the Kremlin has
