Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Saturday to RIA Novosti that the new U.S. defense strategy documents provide for “an increase in the number of scenarios, including outside of the nuclear context, which allow the use of nuclear weapons.” He voiced alarm at this direction, RT reported, noting that “We are also watching what is happening with delivery vehicles and with the weapons themselves,” and are “closely monitoring the evolution” of Western military doctrines, including those presented by nuclear powers—the U.S., the U.K. and France.