Russia announced on Saturday that it was conducting exercises by Russian strategic forces led by Vladimir Putin. by launching ballistic missiles and cruise missilesamid the crisis between Moscow and the West over Ukraine.
“On February 19, under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Putin“A planned exercise of strategic deterrence forces will be organized,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, quoted by Russian news agencies.
According to the announcement, “ballistic missiles and cruise missiles will be launched” as part of these exercises. Units of the southern military district of Russia, the aerospace forces, the strategic forces and the Russian fleets of the North and the Black Sea will also participate.
The purpose of these exercises is, according to the Ministry of Defense, “Test the readiness” of military forces and “the reliability of nuclear and non-nuclear strategic weapons”.
Russia’s “strategic” forces, based on their expansive designation, are intended to respond to threats, including nuclear war. They are equipped with intercontinental ballistic missiles, with strategic long-range bombers, submarines, surface ships and naval air force equipped with conventional long-range missiles.
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