The Ministry of Defense of Russia, on behalf of the ruler of the aggressive country, Vladimir Putin, said that it will “soon” conduct exercises on the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons.
Source: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Telegram
Literally: “At the direction of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in order to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to carry out combat missions, the General Staff has begun preparations to hold an exercise in the near future with missile formations of the Southern Military District with the participation of aircraft, as well as naval forces”.
Details: The Russian military said that a set of activities will be carried out during the exercises to prepare and use non-strategic nuclear weapons.
The Russian military also says the exercises are necessary to respond “to provocative statements and threats from individual Western officials against the Russian Federation.”
Background information:
- Putin, in an interview with Russian propagandists, warned the West that Russia was technically ready for nuclear warand if the United States sends troops to Ukraine, Moscow will consider this a “major escalation.”
- Previously, the NYT reported that the United States at the end of 2022 preparing a “non-nuclear” reaction., if the Russian Federation used nuclear weapons against Ukraine. television channel CNN also reportedthat at the end of 2022 the United States began to carefully prepare for the possibility of Russia launching a nuclear strike on Ukraine.
- On February 29, Vladimir Putin addressed the Federal Assembly, where he spoke, among other things, about “full readiness” of nuclear forcesand fear of the consequences of a possible decision attract NATO military personnel in Ukraine.
2024-05-06 07:31:14
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