Russian leader Vladimir Putin attended an exercise on Wednesday by his country’s “strategic deterrence forces” whose tasks include responding to a threat of nuclear attack. “Under the leadership of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin, the strategic deterrent forces on the ground, at sea and in the air have received training,” the Kremlin said. Putin has been claiming for days that there are plans to use a “dirty bomb”.
The exercise involved launching ballistic and cruise missiles. Ballistic missiles were fired from the Kamchatka Peninsula and from the waters of the Barents Sea in the Arctic. Long-range Tu-95 bombers were also involved in the exercise. “The tasks set for the strategic deterrence exercise were fully fulfilled. All missiles have reached their target,” the statement said.
The task of the Russian ‘strategic’ armed forces is, in the broadest sense, the response to threats from outside, even in the event of a nuclear war. They are armed with ICBMs, long-range strategic bombers, submarines, ships and naval aircraft.
Putin calls Ukraine a US battering ram
The exercises took place against the background of the Russian offensive in Ukraine and the crisis between Moscow and Western countries. Russian government officials have repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons in the event of an existential threat to Russia.
Speaking to Ukraine on Wednesday, Putin said at a meeting of representatives of the state security organs of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) that the state had “virtually” lost its sovereignty and had given control of the country to the United States. left. . The US today used Ukraine as a “battering ram” against Russia and the post-Soviet space. CIS members include the former Soviet republics of Belarus and Armenia, the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. He urged the countries’ intelligence services to be vigilant.
“Dirty Bomb”
The US is arming Ukraine with increasingly heavy weapons, ignoring that the country is aiming for a nuclear bomb. “It is also known that there are plans for a provocation to use a so-called dirty bomb,” the 70-year-old claimed. For days, the Russian leadership has repeatedly claimed that Ukraine plans to use such a radioactive bomb without providing any evidence.
Ukraine dismisses these allegations as “nonsense” and a disinformation campaign by Putin. The West sees no evidence of that either. Despite this, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu continued to call his colleagues in China and India, for example, to point out such a danger.
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh warned Shoigu during the telephone call that neither side in the conflict in Ukraine should use an atomic bomb. Singh stressed that this would be contrary to the principle of humanity, as the Defense Ministry in New Delhi announced on Wednesday.
India is neutral in the Russian war of aggression because it has close ties with the West and with Russia. Nor does it support Western sanctions and promote conflict resolution through dialogue. Recently, India bought relatively cheap oil from Russia. New Delhi also relies heavily on Moscow for its military equipment and spare parts.
Source: Krone
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