NATO Practices Nuclear Weapons Use Procedures on Its Eastern Flank, Russian Top Brass Says

• NATO Practices Nuclear Weapons Use Procedures on Its Eastern Flank, Russian Top Brass Says
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  Russia’s defense chief added that Russia does not wish to get involved in military confrontation with the West.
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  MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. The western media’s fuss over the exercise Zapad-2017 is a cover-up for NATO’s soaring activity near the borders of Russia and Belarus, including measures to practice the procedure of using nuclear weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a joint board meeting of the Russian and Belarussian defense ministries on Friday.
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  He recalled that last September Russia and Belarus held the strategic exercise Zapad-2017. Shoigu pointed out that although the exercise was purely defensive and long-expected, it was accompanied by “continued media attacks and charges by some of our partners.”
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  “The western media’s fuss over the drills is a cover-up for NATO’s growing activity near Russian and Belarussian borders. On the eastern flank the alliance has intensified operative and combat training activities, including nuclear weapons use procedures,” Shoigu said.
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  “The high level of partnership by the defense ministries allows for successfully addressing the issues of enhancing the defense potential of our countries and for demonstrating to the world community the positive dynamics of Russian-Belarussian relations and the growing capabilities of the armed forces to ensure the military security of the Union State,” Shoigu said.
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