During the maneuvers, joint preparation of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus for “combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons” will be implemented, the ministry said.
The exercises are aimed at maintaining the readiness of soldiers and combat equipment for the use of tactical nuclear weapons to “unconditionally guarantee the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Union State”.
Inside First stage Maneuvers of missile forces from Southern Military District of Russia They practiced, among other things, receiving training missiles for the Iskander sets, loading them into rockets and “secretly moving them to designated areas to prepare them for firing.”
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In turn, Air Force personnel are planning to carry out similar operations with aircraft-launched Kintjal missiles. Vladimir Putin ordered the maneuvers last month. Moscow says this is the answer to threats and provocations from the West. According to analysts on the website Defence24.pl, maneuvers using tactical nuclear weapons serve to check Russian capabilities and threaten the West to curb support for Ukraine.
(PAP/Fakt)
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