MOSCOW:Russian President Vladimir on Wednesday supervised the drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces as uncertainty hangs over his proposed summit meeting with US President Donald Trump to resolve the Ukraine conflict.
“Today, we have a scheduled strategic nuclear forces management drill, as the defence minister just reported. Let’s get to work,” Putin said in his televised remarks from the crisis command room in the Kremlin.
Addressing online the top military leadership, Putin underscored that the current drills are scheduled involving land, sea and air-based strategic nuclear forces.