Defence Minister Andrei Belousov claimed the exercise is intended to practice “strategic offensive forces launching a massive nuclear strike in response to a nuclear strike by the enemy.”
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00:00Russia has begun major nuclear weapons exercises, which its defence ministry describes as preparation
00:07for a potential nuclear strike by the enemy.
00:12The drills included the test fires of intercontinental ballistic missiles from the Kamchatka Peninsula
00:18and two nuclear submarines, as well as practice launches of long-range cruise missiles from
00:23nuclear-capable strategic bombers.
00:27The defence ministry said that all the missiles reached their designated targets.
00:34It comes after weeks of Russian signals that Moscow will respond if the West allows Ukraine
00:39to use Western-supplied longer-range weapons to strike deep inside Russia.
00:45On his visit to Beijing, the President of Finland called on China to assist in de-escalating
00:50Russian nuclear activity.
00:53The final and fifth point I made is that it is very difficult to trust President Putin,
01:01especially when it comes to nuclear weapons.
01:05And that's why it's extremely important that a major power such as China keeps on having
01:14dialogue with Russia and make sure that we can de-escalate as much as possible.
01:21It follows US reports that North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia, where they are
01:26believed to be headed for the Kursk border region.