Ballistic missiles: Moscow says it is simulating a nuclear attack

Created: 05/05/2022, 08:55

By: Alexander Eser-Ruperti

A seven meter long "Iskander" missile of the Russian army at launch.

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According to its own statements, Moscow simulated the launch with nuclear-capable missiles, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.

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  : According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Moscow has simulated attacks with nuclear-capable missiles.

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Exercise in Kaliningrad

: According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian military in Kaliningrad simulated exercises with missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

The Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that during an exercise, about a hundred soldiers simulated the launch of mobile Iskander ballistic missile systems with nuclear weapons.

The Kremlin under Vladimir Putin is once again raising the question of how serious Russia's threats with nuclear weapons are.

At the end of February, Russia had its nuclear forces put on increased alert in the wake of the Ukraine war.

The

, among others , reports that most security experts still consider the use of nuclear weapons to be almost impossible, despite the Kremlin's threatening gestures.

Ukraine to use US information in hunt for Russian generals

US secret services

: According to reports in the

, the Ukrainian army is said to be at least partially using information from the USA in the case of targeted attacks on Russian generals.

Ukraine recently announced that it had deliberately killed 12 Russian generals since the war began in February.

According to the newspaper, the US is providing the Ukrainian army with information about the movements of the Russian military.

So far, there has been neither a clear denial nor a confirmation from an official body in the USA.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby only said in general terms that the US would provide Ukraine with information "that it needs to be able to defend itself".

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