Putin Orders Military to Practice Tactical NUKE Strike as Kremlin Official Warns of ‘World Catastrophe’ If NATO Troops Are Sent to Ukraine

• Putin Orders Military to Practice Tactical NUKE Strike as Kremlin Official Warns of ‘World Catastrophe’ If NATO Troops Are Sent to Ukraine
  by JAMES REYNOLDS, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
  * Follows threats from Western leaders to deploy troops to Ukraine if needed
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  Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops based near Ukraine to practice nuclear weapons scenarios in a bid to ‘deter’ adversaries following perceived threats of escalation from Western leaders. Military drills in the undisclosed ‘near future’ will include practice for the preparation and deployment of non-strategic nuclear weapons, Russia’s defence ministry claimed. The ministry said today the exercises would be carried out ‘in response to provocative statements and threats by certain Western officials against the Russian Federation’, the Kremlin citing threats to deploy troops in Ukraine.
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  ‘It’s obvious we are talking about statements from Mr. Macron and statements from British representatives,’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked by reporters what had prompted the drills, adding: ‘This is a completely new round of escalating tensions. It is unprecedented and requires special measures.’
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  A Russian diplomat today said Moscow would have to increase its entire missile arsenal as a deterrent following what was framed as the worst breakdown in relations since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
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  ‘We are now at the stage of open confrontation, which, I hope, will not result in a direct armed conflict,’ Russian Ambassador-at-Large Grigory Mashkov told the state RIA news agency.
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