Russia announces drills involving nuclear weapons after West’s ‘provocative’ threats
Russia has announced military exercises involving tactical nuclear weapons after top European leaders made “provocative” threats against Moscow.
On May 2, France’s President Emanuel Macron and Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron threatened direct intervention in the Ukraine war.
The Kremlin responded. It said the top European officials’ remarks posed "dangerous" threats to Europe's security.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Monday the drills, ordered by President Vladimir Putin, were to “increase the readiness … to fulfill combat tasks” after “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials.”
The ministry said missile formations in the Southern Military District and naval forces will take part in the exercises involving tactical nuclear weapons and would take place “in the near future.”
The Russian ministry’s strategic nuclear forces regularly hold exercises but the statement marked the first public announcement of drills involving the tactical nuclear weapons which are smaller and with a shorter range and would be more useful for military commanders in "tactical" situations.
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