Russia Announces More Tactical Nuclear Weapon Drills With Belarus

Russia and Belarus kicked off the second stage of nuclear force exercises, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state-run media that the nuclear drills are a response to what Russia claims are escalatory measures by the United States and NATO amid the Ukraine conflict. “There is a fairly tense situation on the European continent, which is provoked every day by new hostile decisions and actions of European capitals and Washington towards Russia. Provocation occurs on a daily basis. Therefore, of course, such exercises and maintaining combat readiness are very important for us,” Mr. Peskov said, according to state-controlled media....