Russia plans nuclear weapon drills after angry exchange with Western officials
Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine.
After summoning the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry, Moscow warned that Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with U.K.-supplied weapons could bring retaliatory strikes on British military facilities and equipment on Ukrainian soil or elsewhere.
The remarks came on the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration to a fifth term in office and in a week when Moscow on Thursday will celebrate Victory Day, its most important secular holiday, marking its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
The drills are a response to “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Related articles
Retired Virginia police officer sentenced in deaths of wife and stepdaughter
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A retired Virginia police officer has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for2024-06-03Nepo baby Christian Wilkins poses with Kylie Minogue as he attends her Las Vegas residency
Christian Wilkins shared a special moment with fellow Aussie Kylie Minogue in the US on Saturday.The2024-06-03Nevin homers in 2nd straight game, A’s beat Pirates 5
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Tyler Nevin homered for the second straight game and the Oakland Athletics be2024-06-031 dead, 2 injured in shooting on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona
CAMERON, Ariz. (AP) — A shooting Monday morning in northern Arizona on the vast Navajo Nation left o2024-06-03Rugby star and ALS campaigner Rob Burrow dies at age 41
LEEDS, England (AP) — Rob Burrow, a former rugby star who was widely praised for his fundraising cam2024-06-03LIV Golf star Kevin Na unleashes foul
LIV Golf star Kevin Na went on a foul-mouthed tirade to end the promotion's second annual event in A2024-06-03
atest comment