Russia stages ’massive nuclear strike’ in annual drills | DW News

The Kremlin said Russia’s strategic deterrence forces had launched test missiles in eastern Russia and the Arctic. Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of preparing to use a “dirty bomb.“ Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the training of Moscow’s strategic deterrence forces, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. The drills included launching test missiles from the eastern Kamchatka peninsula and from the Barents Sea in the Arctic. The strategic forces are tasked with responding to nuclear threats. Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of preparing to use a “dirty bomb“ containing nuclear material, and Russian officials have on multiple occasions reminded the West of Moscow’s nuclear arsenal in response to Western support for Ukraine. Early last week, NATO carried out its own nuclear deterrence drills in Belgium, the UK and the North Sea. The alliance said the exercises were a “routine, recurring training activity“ and weren’t "