The nuclear calculus: How Russia’s patience with western escalation may be reaching its breaking point Russia’s Deputy Chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has warned that Western nations supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine risks direct NATO-Russia confrontation. Former Swedish defense official Mikael Valtersson says Western arms shipments make NATO nations co-belligerents in the Ukraine conflict. Russia has deployed over 40 Iskander missile systems near Ukraine’s borders, capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Putin’s June 2024 nuclear doctrine update allows for nuclear response if a non-nuclear state attacks Russia with support from a nuclear-armed nation. U.S. intelligence reports indicate Russia may…

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