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14 hours ago · By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Updated 8:45 PM PDT, May 21, 2024. Russia’s military on Tuesday began drills involving tactical nuclear weapons that were announced by Russian authorities earlier this month in an apparent warning to senior Western officials who had spoken about the possibility of deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine.
21 hours ago · May 21, 2024 Updated 3:55 p.m. ET. Russia sent a pointed reminder on Tuesday that it could use battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, releasing video of its forces beginning exercises to practice ...
18 hours ago · Russia has begun the first stage of tactical nuclear weapons drills, involving Iskander and Kinzhal missiles, in areas bordering Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that the ...
1 day ago · Item 1 of 3 Russian military vehicles are seen during the first stage of drills, involving practical training in the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons, at an unknown location in ...
May 6, 2024 · CNN — President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian forces to rehearse deploying tactical nuclear weapons, as part of military drills to respond to what he called “threats” by the West.
Apr 5, 2022 · By William J. Broad. April 5, 2022. In late February, when President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia declared that his country’s nuclear arms were entering “special combat readiness,” America’s...
Ukraine war: Putin confirms first nuclear weapons moved to Belarus. Russia's leader says the move is to remind anyone "thinking of inflicting a strategic defeat on us".
