Putin lowered the nuclear threshold...Will it work this time?

[Anchor]
Not long ago, Russian President Putin unveiled a revised nuclear doctrine that significantly lowered the threshold for nuclear use.

Russia has already been mocked as a "shepherdess boy" for referring to nuclear use countless times.

Will Putin's nuclear threat to the West work this time?

Reporter Kwon Young-hee reports.

[Reporter]
The core of the nuclear doctrine revision unveiled by Russian President Putin is the expansion of the target of attacks to non-nuclear countries.

[Russian President Vladimir Putin: If you attack Russia with the support of a non-nuclear but nuclear power, you regard it as a joint attack on Russia]

It's a warning to the West supporting Ukraine.

[Dmitri Peskov / Kremlin spokesman: It is a sign that warns countries of the consequences of being involved in attacks on Russia with various assets, if not nuclear.]

Russia has frequently talked about the possibility of a nuclear war since it started the war with Ukraine.

Every time the West increased its support for Ukraine, it raised nuclear weapons without exception.

[Russian President Vladimir Putin (June 20): New elements related to lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons are emerging. The enemy is involved in this.

As a result, the West did not respond seriously to Russia's nuclear threat.

Even within Russia, it has been pointed out that nuclear warnings are overflowing and that no one is afraid of developing immunity.

Recently, the West has been considering lifting restrictions on the use of long-range missiles it has supplied to Ukraine.

Then Putin officially declared himself a revision of the nuclear doctrine.

However, it is widely expected that actual implementation will be difficult again this time.

Analysts say that Russia has little room for escalation as the war in Ukraine drags on.

Some say that the wording of the new nuclear doctrine is intentionally ambiguous.

[NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg: If Putin doesn't get the full control of Ukraine that he really wants, he's willing to accept a solution that Ukraine can accept.]

Put together, Putin's threat this time is also empty.

Experts say Putin is still bent on finding ways to make the world fear Russian nuclear weapons.

I'm YTN's Kwon Younghee.



Video editing: Han Kyung-hee