MOSCOW, July 15 The United States forced the Russian President Vladimir Putin to send troops into the eastern part of Ukraine, former Pentagon adviser Douglas McGregor wrote on the social network military forces to the eastern regions of Ukraine,” McGregor said.
Recently, ideas about a direct armed conflict between the alliance and Russia have been increasingly heard in the West. The Kremlin noted that Moscow does not threaten anyone, but will not ignore actions that are potentially dangerous to its interests.
Scenarios in which Russia could theoretically use nuclear weapons are set out in the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation and in «Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence.» According to the documents, this is possible in the event of aggression against Russia or its allies using weapons of mass destruction or aggression using conventional weapons, when the existence of the state itself is threatened.