Vladimir Putin responds to recent statements from David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron over Ukraine war
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Russia has threatened to strike British military facilities and ordered itsmilitary to hold battlefield nuclear weapons drills in a move the Kremlin described as a response to comments from the French president, Emmanuel Macron, on western troops fighting in Ukraine and from the British foreign secretary, David Cameron, on using British-supplied weapons against Russia.
The Russian defence ministry said in a statement that troops from the southern military district would “practise the issues of preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons … in response to provocative statements and threats by certain western officials against the Russian Federation.”
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/russia-to-hold-battlefield-nuclear-drills-after-macron-and-cameron-comments
Author : Andrew Roth
Publish date : 2024-05-06 15:59:41
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