Russia begins tactical nuclear weapons drills near Ukraine • FRANCE 24 English

this footage released by Russia’s defense Ministry shows troops engaged in non-strategic nuclear drills in what appears to be a new round of saber rattling aimed at the West the exercises took place in Russia’s southern district which borders parts of Ukraine Moscow claims to have annexed the drills are designed to test the Readiness of personnel and Equipment of non-strategic nuclear weapons combat unit to respond and to unconditionally ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Russian State the statement added that the drills were also in response to provocative statements and threats by certain Western officials among those is most likely French president Emanuel macron who has on more than one occasion recently floated the idea of sending Western troops to Ukraine there is no consensus today on sending in troops on the ground in an official accepted and endorsed way but in Dynamic terms nothing should be ruled out we will do everything necessary to ensure that Russia cannot win this war Russia’s foreign Ministry also said on Wednesday that if France were to send troops to Ukraine moscow’s response would not be just political Russia last summer deployed nuclear weapons to neighboring barus Minsk carried out nuclear drills on its territory earlier this month

Russia’s military on Tuesday (May 21) has begun drills involving tactical nuclear weapons that were announced by Russian authorities earlier this month in an apparent warning to senior Western officials who had spoken about the possibility of deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine.
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37 comments

  7. Do NOT underestimate the Russian use of these weapons. The trajectory is far wider than just Ukraine. Putin said he "wasn't going to invade/attack Ukraine" but did days later.
    This may be bluffing, but plan for the worst, hope for the best.
    Putin, the Russian military commanders CANNOT be trusted.

  8. This all started because the USA threatened to make Ukraine a NATO member and put missiles 500 miles from Moscow.
    The USA really have a lot to answer for.

  11. Wondering why peace, harmony and living side by side has become a thing of the past. No matter what individuals could give as a reason, there is no justification for taking a human life.

  15. Dear NATO and the West, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ESCALATE TO DE-ESCALATE. SOMETIMES THERE MUST BE WAR IN OTHER TO ACHIEVE PEACE!

    It's sad that the west and the so called "great" NATO allow Putin to dictate the rules and break all international laws when he mentions "Nuke". The great NATO seems to be fearful and forget that Putin is not the only one with Nukes. NATO'S response is appalling! The disunity, fear, poor timing and hesitancy is what will cause them to crumble. Putin will continue to break all international laws and illegally take over UKRAINE because of the fear and hesitancy of NATO and the WEST.

  16. Drills near the border were exactly how they masked their intention of starting the war. I would imagine these drills already set NATO onto alert status just in case Russia plans to repeat.

    Also, those drills near the border ought to make excellent objectives for the Ukranian drones and "cilindrical objects".

  24. Every country neighboring Russia should develop its nuclear weapons capability. Russian government is same as a Mexican drug cartel.

  26. This is old news, and their drills didn't involve a single nuclear weapon. It's just normal drills. You could say that USA drills near Vladivostok are nuclear drills. What's the difference?

  27. Just another sign of weakness, even Pakistan can do that, or North Korea, congratulation ruzzia, you are now on their level LMAO

  28. Russia blurs missile nosecones in the video to create ambiguity while focusing attention on the warhead. It's low budget intimidation. The 12th Main Directorate doesn't even have to mate a pitless nuclear warhead (training warhead) to the missile, just use stock footage of Iskanders erecting on a TEL and blur the nosecones. France likely will not counter signal unless it has intelligence of NSNW movements.

  29. A question out of curiosity: will it be ever investigated who was responsible for the initial peace talks to be abandoned? Will the ICC investigate why the innocent Ukrainians were sent as cannon fodder and who were responsible for it?

  31. I agree it is just another round of saver rattling. I note that Herr Putin threatens the use of nukes about every other week. And the news organizations go ape each time. The same questions they ask get the same answers, often from the same people, as before. This is >precisely< what the Russian dictator wants. We should not give it to him; it is bald faced nuclear blackmail.

  33. So, is Putin thinking he can win a war? He can't take Ukraine even without western support. No country will ever submit to another by force, Putin must consider the resilience of the people he's fighting to assess the potential of his victory in this war and the ability to maintain that success even after the war. This man isn't thinking.

  36. macron still has not sent troops to help Ukraine. If you are not sending troops to help Ukraine, atleast stop using, exploiting Ukrainians.

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