The ministry stated that it had planned the exercises some time ago to check the readiness of the Russian military command and personnel, as well as to check the reliability of its nuclear and conventional weapons.
Russian war games come after a warning US President Of the bygonesThursday, that Russia could invade Ukraine within days.
The Kremlin also denied that Russia’s nuclear exercises would stoke tensions with the West, saying the military exercises were part of a transparent, routine training process.
Western concerns are due to Russia massing an estimated 150,000 troops – including about 60 percent of Russia’s total ground forces – near the Ukrainian border, and the Kremlin insists there are no plans to invade Ukraine.
But Moscow demanded that the United States and its allies keep Ukraine and other former Soviet republics out of NATO, not deploy weapons in Ukraine, and withdraw allied forces from Eastern Europe.
Washington and its allies categorically rejected the Russian demands, and Moscow threatened to take action "technical military measures" Unspecified if the West continues to stall.
Russia conducts intensive exercises for its strategic nuclear forces annually, but the exercises planned for Saturday clearly include the Black Sea Fleet, which is stationed off the Crimea peninsula, which Russia announced its annexation from Ukraine in 2014.
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Intervals Russian Ministry of Defense The Russian President Vladimir Putin He will personally supervise the exercises scheduled for Saturday, which will include multiple exercises on launching intercontinental ballistic missiles and guided missiles from the Cruze model.
The ministry stated that it had planned the exercises some time ago to check the readiness of the Russian military command and personnel, as well as to check the reliability of its nuclear and conventional weapons.
Russian war games come after a warning US President Of the bygonesThursday, that Russia could invade Ukraine within days.
The Kremlin also denied that Russia’s nuclear exercises would stoke tensions with the West, saying the military exercises were part of a transparent, routine training process.
Western concerns are due to Russia massing an estimated 150,000 troops – including about 60 percent of Russia’s total ground forces – near the Ukrainian border, and the Kremlin insists there are no plans to invade Ukraine.
But Moscow demanded that the United States and its allies keep Ukraine and other former Soviet republics out of NATO, not deploy weapons in Ukraine, and withdraw allied forces from Eastern Europe.
Washington and its allies flatly rejected the Russian demands, threatening Moscow with unspecified “military-technical measures” if the West continued to stall.
Russia conducts intensive exercises for its strategic nuclear forces annually, but the exercises planned for Saturday clearly include the Black Sea Fleet, which is stationed off the Crimea peninsula, which Russia announced its annexation from Ukraine in 2014.