Putin to oversee military drills as tensions mount over Ukraine

Russia announced massive drills of its nuclear forces on Friday as tensions with the West mount over its buildup of some 150,000 troops on Ukraine's border.

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[ethanrichardson]

when did muscles 💪 parade became purely defensive ?!

[waeljallad]

Bruno Lete, senior fellow german
marshall fund
a pretext is not same as creating a fake situation.
Fake situation could last for years without an invasion

[knowledge]

difference between "looking dangerous" and "being dangerous".Russia describes military doctrine as defensive military doctrine. With regard to nuclear weapons specifically, Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons: in response to the use of nuclear and other types of weapons of mass destruction against it or its allies, in case of aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is threatened.

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google russia deadhand
The 'Perimeter' system, dubbed in the United States and Europe the 'Dead Hand', is an automatic control system for a retaliation nuclear strike. To put it simply, if Russia's territory is devastated after a nuclear attack, the Perimeter system automatically strikes the enemy's territory with its own nuclear missiles