Military personnel “participated in the exercise by equipping aviation weapons with special warheads, including Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles, and flying in designated patrol areas,” the Kremlin added.
Unlike strategic nuclear weapons, which are designed to destroy entire cities, the purpose of tactical nuclear weapons is to be used on the battlefield.
Earlier this month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused French President Emmanuel Macron and “British representatives” of provoking Russia’s nuclear escalation, after the British Foreign Secretary , David Cameron, said during a trip to Kiev that Ukraine could strike Russia with British weapons, while Macron floated the idea. possibility of sending Western troops to fight in Ukraine.
The Kremlin’s nuclear test aims to “ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Russian state in response to provocative statements and threats by individual Western officials,” the Russian Defense Ministry concluded.
News Source : www.politico.eu
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