The Times notes that Putin’s remarks signal that any “Western support for a conventional attack of Russia by Ukraine should be considered a joint attack and could, under certain circumstances, merit a nuclear response.” Given this context, the message from Putin to the U.S. with his public policy proposal seems to be pretty simple: Don’t try it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow's position on when it can consider using nuclear weapons could change imminently.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lowered the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons against the West, marking yet