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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Putin oversees Russian nuclear deterrence force training exercise
Russian President Vladimir Putin oversees the training of Moscow’s strategic deterrence forces, troops responsible for responding to threats of nuclear war, the Kremlin says.
“Under the leadership of… Vladimir Putin, a training session was held with ground, sea and air strategic deterrence forces, during which practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place,” the Kremlin says aid in a statement.
State television shows Putin overseeing the drills from a control room.
More sabre rattling by Putin during "nuclear exercises" at the Kura site, #Kamchatka.#Russia launces air launched cruise missiles from long-range Tu-95MS aircraft and here a Sineva ballistic missile from a sub in the Barents Sea#RussiaIsATerroristState pic.twitter.com/hEYcbv2pWJ
— Tim White (@TWMCLtd) October 26, 2022
The drills included launching test missiles from the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East and from the waters of the Barents Sea in the Arctic.
The exercises also involved Tu-95 long-rage aircraft, the statement says.
The Times of Israel Community.