Russia noted the nuclear exercises would take place as Ukraine awaits U.S. missiles and American-made F-16 fighter jets.
Vladimir Putin ordered his military to prepare for nuclear weapons exercises in light of the delivery of U.S. missiles and fighter jets to Ukraine, Russia has said.The foreign ministry in Moscow specified that American military support for Kyiv was a key reason why Putin had instructed Russia's General Staff to practice the preparation and use of tactical nuclear weapons, which are smaller than strategic nuclear weapons and can be used on the battlefield.
-made ground-based intermediate-range missiles appear, we reserve the right to respond in kind, which will mean the end of Russia's unilateral moratorium on the deployment of these weapons systems,' the ministry said.
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