President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed skepticism in an interview with Fox News over Russian President Vladimir Putin's continued nuclear threats throughout the full-scale war, saying that Putin "loves his life" and is,

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack.

Powerful factions of the NATO ruling classes aim to provoke a Russian retaliation, hoping the shock at home will create political conditions to launch a Europe-wide war on Russia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said on Sunday that Moscow's revised nuclear weapons doctrine is needed because NATO infrastructure is approaching Russia's borders ever more closely. Peskov told Russian state television that Western powers are seeking victory over Russia through their arms deliveries to Ukraine.

The Kremlin on Sept. 26 emphasized that President Vladimir Putin’s revisions to Russia’s nuclear weapons doctrine should serve as a warning to Western nations, making clear that involvement in attacks on Russia would carry serious repercussions.

The Russian president said an attack on Russia using conventional weapons supported by a nuclear state may trigger a nuclear response.

Vladimir Putin's spokesman has said Russia's recent change to its nuclear weapons doctrine is a "definite signal" to the West amid fears of a global conflict

The Kremlin has clarified that recent changes to Russia’s nuclear weapons policy are meant to warn Western nations. Any involvement in attacks on Russia could bring serious consequences, including the possible use of nuclear weapons.