The revised doctrine, according to Reuters, identifies scenarios involving conventional missiles, drones, or other aircraft as potential triggers for nuclear retaliation.
"In my view it would not be a good idea if there were talks between the American and Russian presidents and the leader of an important European country was not also doing so," Scholz said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says approximately 120 missiles and 90 drones were launched at targets across the country
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, "This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, it's just false information."
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden, is preparing to lobby Trump against abandoning U.S. support for Kyiv
Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters
CNN obtained a pre-release copy of the book, which takes a look behind the curtains about President Biden’s interactions with world leaders, including Russian President Putin and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Russian gunrunner Viktor Bout was traded in 2022 for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner
The secret negotiations to free The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate—his mom.
Wrongful conviction of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is latest blow against freedom of expression in Russia
Russian leader skips tacking on Pyongyang to his China visit, but growing ties between Putin, Kim worry Xi
The finding, which doesn’t absolve the Russian leader of ultimate responsibility, deepens the mystery surrounding the dissident’s death at an Arctic gulag
The Russian leader is all but guaranteed to win, but the Kremlin is seeking a large turnout to anchor his next six years in power
In comments to the French television station BFM, Zelensky said: “you have to be sick to hit with a cruise missile a few hundred meters from the Greek prime minister"
The EU spokesperson stated Putin continued to deceive his nation and was trying to continue to deceive the international public
Leader of the Belarus Democratic Opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya explains in her interview with To Vima that she is convinced that there won't be freedom for Belarus without victory for Ukraine, and Ukraine will never be safe unless there is a free and democratic Belarus
EP President Metsola called for independent investigation into death of Alexi Navalny while Yulia Navalnaya told Parliament to treat President Putin like leader of a “criminal gang”
Egg inflation is latest symptom of painful trade-offs Moscow has made to fund its onslaught on Ukraine
Thousands of people are believed to have fallen victim to informers
Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group