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The move comes after an acrimonious exchange with senior Western officials, labelled by Moscow as 'provocative threats'.

Moscow plans to hold a military exercise simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons, the Defense Ministry announced, just days after the Kremlin reacted angrily to comments by senior Western officials about the war in Ukraine.

The drills are in response to “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement Monday.

The exercise is intended to “increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to fulfil combat tasks” and will be held on President Vladimir Putin’s orders, according to the statement. The manoeuvres plan to involve missile units of the Southern Military District along with Russia's air force and navy.

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[-] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 21 points 6 months ago

It's the only card he's still holding that means anything to the western nations he's in a proxy war with.

Nobody wants a nuclear war, which is why he's betting on western nations erring on the side of caution when he does shit like this.

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