Wednesday 6 July 2022 04:18 PM Putin stages nuclear drills with intercontinental missiles capable of hitting ... trends now
Vladimir Putin has staged nuclear drills with his road-launched intercontinental Yars missiles in a forest in western Siberia.
The 7,500-mile range of the missiles means they would be capable of striking Britain or anywhere in Europe.
The test come just hours after Russia's former president and current head of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, issued the Kremlin's nuclear threat, warning of of the end of the 'existence of mankind' if Moscow is punished for war crimes.
Vladimir Putin has staged nuclear drills with his road-launched intercontinental Yars missiles in a forest in western Siberia
The 7,500 mile range of the missiles means they would be capable of striking Britain or anywhere in Europe
Putin put his nuclear forces on alert earlier in the war with Ukraine and regular drills continue to be held
A statement from the Russian defence ministry said today: 'Over 100 pieces of hardware are taking part in the exercise.
'Launch vehicles of the Yars road-mobile missile systems of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces' Novosibirsk Missile Formation have trained redeployment during a scheduled drill.
'While performing their manoeuvres, missile units and detachments dispersed in a forest to increase concealment.'
They trained in killing mock saboteurs, reconnoitring the launch area, and in passing through 'contaminated' areas, said the defence ministry.
Putin put his nuclear forces on alert earlier in the war with Ukraine and regular drills continue to be held.
Russia has not abated in its nuclear sabre-rattling, with Putin's allies regularly threatening the West with annihilation
A statement from the Russian defence ministry said today: 'Over 100 pieces of hardware are taking part in the exercise'
Medvedev today warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) should refrain from attempting 'legally void' actions against Russia
Russia has not abated in its nuclear sabre-rattling, with Putin's allies regularly threatening the West with annihilation.
Medvedev today warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) should refrain from attempting 'legally void' actions against Russia.
The savage invasion of Ukraine continues to leave behind a litany of alleged war crimes, including the repeated shelling of civilians, accounts of rape and torture, summary executions and use of banned cluster munitions.
Medvedev, who was Putin's stand-in president between 2008 and 2012, said on Telegram today: 'The idea of punishing the country that has the largest nuclear potential is absurd in itself. And potentially threatens the existence of mankind.'
He then accuses the US of trying to 'sow chaos and destruction' through the ICC, branding the Western superpower a 'daredevil or an idiot'.
Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev has warned of the end of the 'existence of mankind' if Moscow is punished for war crimes
