In the exercise with nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, which takes place this Saturday, the troops that are being withdrawn from the Ukrainian border will participate
While the war tension does not subside and once again the Ukrainian forces and the Donbass separatists cross accusations of violating the ceasefire, the Russian Ministry of Defense has just reported that this Saturday cruise missile exercises will take place – with of assembling nuclear warheads – in different environments, test ranges and even at sea. These new maneuvers will be directly supervised by President Vladimir Putin and will involve, according to the military leadership, the Southern Military Region and warships from the Black Sea and North Sea fleets.
The tests provide for the launch of ballistic and cruise missiles. The Defense note indicates that “on February 19, under the direction of the Supreme Commander of the Russian Armed Forces Vladimir Putin, a planned exercise of the strategic nuclear deterrent forces will be organized.”
Russia has been organizing military exercises for months, both on land and at sea. Many of them are joint with countries such as China, Iran or Belarus, where, from the 10th to Sunday, large-scale exercises are being carried out with the use of ground forces, armored divisions and all kinds of planes and helicopters.
Launch of a Zircon missile from a Russian frigate in the Black Sea. /
The troops that it still has deployed along the border with Ukraine and that, according to information from the Ministry of Defense, began to be withdrawn last Tuesday, are also part of a large maneuver device, according to statements by the Kremlin and the Ministry of Russian Foreign.
This Friday the return to their barracks of more units from Crimea is reported. “Another military train with personnel and material belonging to army tank units of the Western Military Region returned to its permanent bases” in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the Defense Ministry statement said, stressing that these detachments will now be far from the border. with Ukraine.
This apparent withdrawal occurs while the situation in the “contact line” that separates the Ukrainian troops from the rebel forces in Donbass in accordance with the provisions of the 2015 Minsk agreements worsens. Kiev has denounced 20 violations of the truce while the authorities of the two pro-Russian enclaves speak of 27. On Thursday, a nursery school in the town of Stanitsa Luganska, in the part of Lugansk under Ukrainian control, was hit by artillery fire, although without causing casualties. However, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) maintains that the ceasefire was violated 189 times in Donetsk and 402 in Luhansk on Thursday.
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