Putin supervised the exercise of a retaliatory nuclear strike

President Vladimir Putin from the situation center watched the annual exercise of land, sea and air strategic deterrence forces. The Russian Armed Forces have worked out the tasks of delivering a massive nuclear strike in response to an enemy nuclear strike. The footage from the center was shown on the air of Rossiya 24.

Mr. Putin listened to the report of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. According to the Kremlin, launches of the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile from Plesetsk and the Sineva ballistic missile from the Barents Sea were carried out at the Kura test site in Kamchatka. Tu-95MS long-range aircraft were also used; they launched air-launched cruise missiles.

During the exercises, they checked “the readiness of the military command and control bodies and the skills of the leadership and operational staff in organizing command and control.” “The tasks envisaged during the training of the strategic deterrence forces have been completed in full, all missiles have reached their targets, confirming the specified characteristics,” the Kremlin said.

Last time, strategic deterrence exercises (including hypersonic and nuclear weapons) with ballistic missile launches were carried out February 19th. Mr. Putin watched them together with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. February 27 President of Russia ordered The Ministry of Defense will transfer the Russian deterrence forces to a special mode of combat duty. This was done in response to “aggressive statements by high-ranking officials of NATO countries.”

Both times, the Russian Federation notified the United States in advance of plans to conduct exercises. Yesterday, October 25, at the Pentagon declaredthat will monitor the maneuvers. In September, Vladimir Putin spoke on Russia’s right to use nuclear weapons if its territorial integrity is threatened. In the European Union threatenedthat a nuclear attack on Ukraine “will provoke a response” whose power “would be great from a military point of view.”

On the development of the situation – in the material “Kommersant” “NATO Nuclear Anguish”.

Laura Keffer