While definitions can be fuzzy, in Russian doctrine a "tactical nuke" would refer to something you fire "in battle", from artillery range, and does not carry en

While definitions can be fuzzy, in Russian doctrine a "tactical nuke" would refer to something you fire "in battle", from artillery range, and does not carry enough payload to level a city. It also makes sense on the abstract level. Leveling a city is not a tactic, it is a strategy-level move.