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.

Russia’s Defense Ministry will soon have the authority to determine whether the conditions for using nuclear weapons are met, the Kremlin said Sunday, following announced plans to revise the country’s nuclear doctrine.

In Russia, amendments to the nuclear doctrine have been prepared and will be legally formalized in the near future, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated. He emphasized that the evolving situation in Ukraine necessitated a change in the doctrine.