Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for when Russia can launch a nuclear strike in a chilling new threat to the West.
The despot, 71, announced yesterday during a meeting of Russia's Security Council that he needed to 'correct' Moscow's nuclear doctrine.
Putin could now deploy his nuclear arsenal if the country was struck with conventional missiles, and the Kremlin chief said Moscow would consider any assault supported by a nuclear power as a joint attack.
He said the conditions for the use of nuclear weapons are 'clearly fixed' and they could consider such a move if 'we receive reliable information about a massive launch of air and space attack assets and them crossing our state border'.
Putin said Russia reserved the right to use nuclear weapons if it or ally Belarus were the subject of aggression.
'Aggression against Russia by any non-nuclear state, but with the participation or support of a nuclear state, is treated as a joint attack on the Russian Federation,' he said.
The commentary warns viewers: 'Upon detonation, a fireball as hot as the sun rapidly expands, reaching a radius of 950 metres [1,039 yards].
'Anything trapped inside this fireball is instantly vaporised.
'In our simulation, the epicentre of the explosion is at Westminster.
'People within that radius won't even feel anything because the nerve impulse transmission speed is slower.
'Within 5 km [3 miles] of the epicentre the blast radius city of London, Camden town, Kensington, Brixton these areas will receive the most destruction.'
Putin is like a dog in a cage growling and showing his teeth. He doesn’t really want to bite, but if someone reaches in in a manner that he interprets as aggressive, he will bite. The question then becomes how intense, nip, full on pit bull. What is that saying”in for a penny, in for a pound.
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