The U.S. State Department commented on the change in Russia's nuclear doctrine

The US authorities do not plan to react to changes in Russia's nuclear doctrine and do not believe that NATO poses a threat to Russia. U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said at a briefing on November 19.

"We see no reason to change our nuclear forces, but we will urge Russia to stop its bellicose and irresponsible rhetoric. <...> Neither the United States nor NATO poses any threat to Russia," he said, his remarks broadcast on the US State Department's official YouTube channel.

He also said he was "not surprised" by such a decision by the Kremlin to change its nuclear weapons doctrine.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the state's updated nuclear doctrine earlier in the day. A similar doctrine from 2020 was recognized as null and void. The updated document includes the amendments that the head of state announced in September. In particular, for the first time a definition of a potential adversary against which the Russian Federation conducts nuclear deterrence is introduced.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin, by signing the decree on updating the state's nuclear doctrine, approved the foundations of the state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence to bring them in line with the current situation.

For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted during a press conference following the G20 summit that Russia is strictly committed to the position of preventing nuclear war. He added that Russia is on the front lines in the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) Security Council and in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to defend a world in which nuclear weapons should never be used, as evidenced by the final declaration of the G20 summit.