Associated Press reports that Russia has begun conducting nuclear force exercises.
The information comes from the Russian Ministry of Defense and Northern Fleet. Submarines, ships, and missile launchers have been mobilized.
274 - Two days after Vladimir Putin put the country's nuclear forces on high alert.Russia began conducting military exercises on Tuesday (2) mobilizing its nuclear arsenal. According to the news agency Associated PressThe Russian armed forces deployed nuclear-capable submarines and intercontinental ballistic missile launchers for exercises in the country's northwestern and eastern regions.
The information from the US agency was based on an official statement from the Russian Northern Fleet and another from the Ministry of Defense.
According to the Russian Northern Fleet, as reported by the AP, several nuclear submarines are involved in the exercise for "maneuvers in storm conditions." The Russian statement acknowledging the mobilization also reported that warships protecting the Kola Peninsula would join the training.
Intercontinental ballistic missile launchers have been positioned in Siberian forests, according to a statement attributed to the Russian Defense Ministry by the AP.
On Monday (28), according to the Sputnik agency, “the Russian Defense Minister, Army General Sergei Shoigu, informed the Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces, Vladimir Putin, that, according to his order, the shift teams of the command posts of the Strategic Missile Force, the Northern and Pacific Fleets and the Long-Range Aviation Command began to fulfill combat duty with reinforced personnel”.
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