Russian President Putin: We will continue to improve the combat readiness of nuclear forces

December 21 Financial Associated Press News (Edited by Niu Zhanlin)Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday local time that NATO’s military potential and capabilities are being actively used against Russia and that we will continue to increase the combat readiness of our nuclear forces.

Putin told Russia’s Defense Ministry: “It is common knowledge that the military potential and capabilities of almost all major NATO member states are being actively used against Russia. Despite this, our soldiers are still fighting bravely and steadfastly for Russia ..confidently, step by step, to complete the set tasks, and there is no doubt that these tasks will be accomplished.

The Russian president stressed that for Russia all information on NATO forces, equipment and means of confrontation is clear.

Putin added, “You have this information, it should be carefully analyzed and studied and used to build up our country’s armed forces and improve the combat capabilities of our army.”

Putin said that Russia’s “Sarmat” ICBM system will enter a state of combat readiness in the near future, and the “Admiral Gorshkov” frigate equipped with the latest “Zircon” missile will enter the country in January 2023. .

Putin added that Russia will maintain a state of combat readiness and perfect the “nuclear triad”, which is the main guarantee of the sovereignty of the Russian Federation, and the proportion of modern weapons in the Russian “nuclear triad” reaches 91%.

Putin also said that Russia will not militarize the country and the economy. He said, “Because the current level of development and economic structure don’t require it, we don’t need to do it at all, and we do some redundant things to harm the country, our people and the economy in the social field.”

Regarding what is happening in Ukraine, Putin said that this is a universal tragedy, but this is not the result of Russia’s policy, but the result of a third country’s policy. Conflict is inevitable, he said, the question is just when it will happen. But since it’s inevitable, it’s better to do it now than to put it off for the future.

Russian Defense Minister Shoigu also said that 27 countries had supplied Ukraine with US$97 billion worth of weapons. He added that there are active NATO officers, artillery experts and other professionals in Ukraine’s area of ​​military operations. The United States and NATO have concentrated more than 500 satellites for Kiev, of which more than 70 are military satellites, and the rest are dual-use satellites.

Shoigu also said that considering NATO wants to increase its military strength on the Russian border, it must take steps to form a group army in northwestern Russia, and the number of the Russian armed forces must be increased to 1.5 million. He said that in 2023 the Strategic Missile Force will be equipped with 22 launchers equipped with “Yars”, “Pioneer” and “Sarmat” intercontinental missiles for combat tasks.