China urges 'calm' after Putin decree on broader use of nuclear weapons
The Peninsula
Beijing: China on Wednesday urged calm and restraint after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a nuclear threat and Ukraine fired longer range...
Beijing: China on Wednesday urged "calm" and "restraint" after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a nuclear threat and Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time.
Moscow has reacted furiously to a decision by US President Joe Biden to change policy on Ukraine and allow Kyiv to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time.
On Tuesday, Putin signed a decree that enables Moscow to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states such as Ukraine if they are supported by nuclear powers.
Following the decree, a senior official told AFP that a strike on Russia's Bryansk region earlier on Tuesday "was carried out by ATACMS missiles" -- a reference to the US-supplied Army Tactical Missile System.
On Wednesday Beijing called for a cooling of tensions.
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