Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that a new generation of Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads will be deployed and put on alert in the near future.
Speaking to young graduates of military academies, Putin emphasized the importance of Russia’s “triad” of nuclear forces capable of operating from land, sea and air. “The most important issue here is the development of the nuclear triad, which is an important guarantee of Russia’s military security and global stability,” he said.
“Already about half of the units and formations of the Strategic Missile Forces are equipped with the latest Yars systems, and the troops have been re-equipped with modern missile systems with the Avangard supersonic warhead. The first Sarmat missile launchers will be put on combat duty “in the near future,” Putin said.
In turn, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the “collective West” is waging a “real war” against Russia. Speaking alongside President Vladimir Putin at an event in the Kremlin, Shoigu added that the Russian military would do everything possible to guarantee the country’s security.
The day before, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov declared O military readiness of Russia to enter into a direct “hot” conflict with NATO if it does not withdraw troops from Ukraine. This is the second statement by a senior Russian official after Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who warned a few hours ago that “The United States and Great Britain are going to strike at the Russian territory of Crimea with American HIMARS missile systems and Storm Shadow cruise missiles,” and warned that “Russia will strike back”without specifying how and which one.
The usually soft-spoken and mostly diplomatic head of the Russian Foreign Ministry S. Lavrov stated: “If NATO through the mouth [генсека альянса Йенса] Stoltenbeg once again declares that they are against freezing, as they say, the conflict in Ukraine, which means they want to fight. Well, let them fight!”. About this he told reporters following the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The head of Russian diplomacy stressed that Russia is ready for this. “We have long understood the goals of NATO in the situation around Ukraine. These goals were formed for many years after the coup. Now NATO is trying to implement them”– he said.
According to Lavrov, gradually some politicians and experts in the West “there is a sobering up and understanding of the true causes of what is happening and what is actually happening on earth”. However, he added, “if they declare at the same time that they are not waging a war against Russia, but in fact they are doing exactly this, recognizing that without pumping the Ukrainian regime with weapons, without providing intelligence data, information from satellites, and goal-setting, the Ukrainian situation would have ended long ago, this is actually recognition that they are a direct participant in the hybrid, and even hot, war declared against Russia,” quotes the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, TASS agency.
In this case, the war will easily escalate into a nuclear one, since neither side wants to lose tactical advantage.
The usually soft-spoken and mostly diplomatic head of the Russian Foreign Ministry S. Lavrov stated: “If NATO through the mouth [генсека альянса Йенса] Stoltenbeg once again declares that they are against freezing, as they say, the conflict in Ukraine, which means they want to fight. Well, let them fight!”. About this he told reporters following the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The head of Russian diplomacy stressed that Russia is ready for this. “We have long understood the goals of NATO in the situation around Ukraine. These goals were formed for many years after the coup. Now NATO is trying to implement them”– he said.
According to Lavrov, gradually some politicians and experts in the West “there is a sobering up and understanding of the true causes of what is happening and what is actually happening on earth”. However, he added, “if they declare at the same time that they are not waging a war against Russia, but in fact they are doing exactly this, recognizing that without pumping the Ukrainian regime with weapons, without providing intelligence data, information from satellites, and goal-setting, the Ukrainian situation would have ended long ago, this is actually recognition that they are a direct participant in the hybrid, and even hot, war declared against Russia,” quotes the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, TASS agency.
In this case, the war will easily escalate into a nuclear one, since neither side wants to lose tactical advantage.
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