Russia begins maneuvers of its nuclear deterrent forces

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, launched this Monday maneuvers of the Strategic Nuclear Deterrence Forces, with the aim that they can be ready if necessary, although the president has insisted that he is not seeking to start “a new career weapons”.

“We will maintain the nuclear forces at the necessary level of readiness,” Putin explained during a telematic appearance from the Kremlin in which he claimed the “nuclear triad” as a key tool to guarantee the security and sovereignty of Russia.

The Ministry of Defense has confirmed the launch of ballistic and cruise missiles from the Plesetsk cosmodrome and the Barents and Okhotsk seas. All the projectiles, including continental Yars missiles, “hit their targets,” says the official note on these exercises.

Putin has argued that the increase in “geopolitical tensions” and “new external threats” make it “important” to always have all areas of the Armed Forces “ready for use in the event of combat,” according to Russian news agencies. .

The president even threatened to use nuclear weapons as part of the military offensive on Ukraine, although this Tuesday he insisted that the use of this type of force would in any case be an “extreme” measure.