sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
44 min ago
Putin orders deterrence forces — which includes nuclear arms — to be put on high alert
From CNN’s Vasco Cotovio and Nathan Hodge in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his country’s deterrence forces – which includes nuclear arms – be placed on high alert.
“Yes, sir,” replied Shoigu.
The Russian President also said the sanctions placed on Russia were unlawful.
According to state news agency RIA Novosti, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, the strategic forces "are designed to deter aggression against Russia and its allies, as well as to defeat the aggressor (inflicting defeat on him), including in a war with the use of nuclear weapons."
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news...67c82918a4c21b
-----------------------------------------------------------------
via Russian state media
02/27/2022 04:08 PM (updated: 02/27/2022 05:40 PM)
Putin ordered the containment forces to be put on special alert
Putin ordered the Ministry of Defense to transfer the containment forces to a special mode of combat duty
snip
As stated in the directory on the website of the Ministry of Defense, the strategic forces "are designed to deter aggression against Russia and its allies, as well as to defeat the aggressor (inflicting defeat on him), including in a war with the use of nuclear weapons."
zhttps://ria.ru/20220227/putin-1775389742.html
Putin orders deterrence forces — which includes nuclear arms — to be put on high alert
From CNN’s Vasco Cotovio and Nathan Hodge in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his country’s deterrence forces – which includes nuclear arms – be placed on high alert.
“Top officials in leading NATO countries have allowed themselves to make aggressive comments about our country, therefore I hereby order the minister of Defense and the chief of the General Staff [of the RF Armed Forces] to place the Russian Army Deterrence Force on combat alert,” Putin said in televised meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.
“Yes, sir,” replied Shoigu.
The Russian President also said the sanctions placed on Russia were unlawful.
According to state news agency RIA Novosti, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, the strategic forces "are designed to deter aggression against Russia and its allies, as well as to defeat the aggressor (inflicting defeat on him), including in a war with the use of nuclear weapons."
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news...67c82918a4c21b
-----------------------------------------------------------------
via Russian state media
02/27/2022 04:08 PM (updated: 02/27/2022 05:40 PM)
Putin ordered the containment forces to be put on special alert
Putin ordered the Ministry of Defense to transfer the containment forces to a special mode of combat duty
snip
As stated in the directory on the website of the Ministry of Defense, the strategic forces "are designed to deter aggression against Russia and its allies, as well as to defeat the aggressor (inflicting defeat on him), including in a war with the use of nuclear weapons."
zhttps://ria.ru/20220227/putin-1775389742.html