Military expert: Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons exercises are a clear signal to the West 15:14

Exercises of the Russian Armed Forces with tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) are a clear signal to the West after their statements about the possibility of sending NATO troops to Ukraine. This is the opinion in an interview with the newspaper “Vzglyad”. expressed Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Sciences Alexander Bartosh. He emphasized that such maneuvers have gained special importance in the face of the militarist rhetoric of the USA and the European Union.

“Russia periodically conducts exercises in which, among other issues, the issue of the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons is resolved. Previously, Moscow had reported these to Washington according to existing agreements. Now, it seems, our leadership has decided to increase the number of buyers,” Bartosh noted.

He added that the drills were, above all, a factor preventing the escalation of conflicts in Ukraine.

In early May, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Putin set the task of conducting exercises with non-strategic nuclear weapons in response to “provocative statements and threats” from the West. A military observer examined how the maneuvers would take place, whether actual launches and explosions of nuclear weapons could be expected. “Newspapers.Ru” Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Kremlin stated that the nuclear weapons launch tests were directly linked to the statements of politicians in Western countries that they were ready to send troops to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov explained that we are talking specifically about the words of French President Emmanuel Macron, the statements of British representatives and members of the US Senate.

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