Russia Launches Tactical Nuclear Drills Near Ukraine In Response To ‘Western Threats’

Russia's Defense Ministry has finally released a video showing the tactical nuke drills it announced a couple of weeks back. And they've blurred out the warheads.

But just the tips. pic.twitter.com/FroQg76qUY

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• Russia Launches Tactical Nuclear Drills Near Ukraine In Response To ‘Western Threats’
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  Russia on Tuesday confirmed that its forces have kicked off tactical nuclear weapons drills in its southern military district, which is near the Ukrainian border, in what the Kremlin has described as a response to “threats” by the West.
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  The defense ministry (MoD) announced that the exercises aim to test the “readiness” of its “non-strategic nuclear weapons … to ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Russian state.”
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  The MoD specified that this is in “response to provocative statements and threats by certain Western officials.”
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  “Under the order of the commander-in-chief, a military exercise involving practice of preparation and use of tactical nuclear weapons started in the Southern military district under the supervision of the General Staff,” the ministry said.
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  First unveiled in early May, the date and location of the exercises at that early preview phase were unknown. The Foreign Ministry had warned at the time that NATO’s own “Steadfast Defender” drills are possible preparations for war with Russia.
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  And more recently some US and UK officials have been pressing for more Ukrainian attacks directly on Russian soil, with Washington officials now openly debating whether to allow pro-Kiev forces to utilize US-supplied missiles to attack inside Russian territory. Zelensky has meanwhile launched a new aggressive lobbying campaign to push deepened Western involvement: 
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