Russia tests nuclear weapons as Ukrainian counteroffensive slows down [VIDEO]

Russia held military maneuvers on Wednesday nuclear strategic “Thunder” in a new challenge to the West, while on the battlefield the counter-offensive of Ukraine in the south of the Kherson region has slowed down.

“The planned tasks during the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces have been fully completed. All missiles hit their targets,” the Kremlin said.

Russia “tests” its response with a nuclear strike

During the exercise, chaired by videoconference of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, a simulated “launch nuclear strategic offensive forces in response to an enemy nuclear strike.

The Russian strategic forces fired cruise and ballistic missiles from the Tula nuclear submarine, two Tu-95MS strategic bombers and the Yars mobile intercontinental missile systems, which were launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.

Ballistic missiles “Sineva” were also launched from the Barents Sea, in the north of the European part Russiato the Kursk test site, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, washed by the Pacific Ocean.

This is the first exercise of Russian nuclear forces since the beginning of the offensive in Ukraine in February.

According to Moscow, the previous exercise was held a few days before the start of the Russian military campaign and was a rehearsal for launching a hypersonic weapon capable of bypassing any anti-missile shield.

The Pentagon previously reported that Russia he briefed the US on his plans, which coincide with NATO’s Steadfast Noon nuclear exercise.

Amid fears over the use of a dirty bomb

Russian maneuvers are being conducted amid fears of a dirty bomb containing radioactive elements in Ukraine.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it would continue its diplomatic efforts to warn the international community of Kyiv’s possible use of a dirty bomb as the threat still persists.

“We have information proving that there is a dirty bomb threat from Ukraine. We have information that says Ukraine is preparing for this terrorist act of sabotage,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Putin also mentioned for the first time this Wednesday the controversy over the possible use of a dirty bomb to point out that “plans ( Ukraine) use” this weapon.

Kyiv, in turn, continues to categorically deny the Russian accusations and has requested a visit from experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to remove any doubts on this score.

October 24 agency nuclear UN confirms it will send a mission of inspectors to two sites nuclear from Ukraine before the Russian accusations, not knowing at the moment the date of his arrival in the country.

According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, “Russians often blame others for what they plan to do themselves.”

Ukrainian counteroffensive slows down

Meanwhile, the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine it has stabilized and Russian evacuations continue from the annexed Kherson region in the face of a Ukrainian offensive.

According to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, quoted by UNIAN, Ukrainian forces liberated more than 90 settlements of the region, which Russia joined last month.

At the same time, Reznikov acknowledged that the Ukrainian counterattack in the south had been slowed down by heavy rainfall in the area.

“Now, due to weather conditions, and I mean rains, the counter-offensive has slowed down somewhat. But we adhere to the tactics of liberating our cities step by step, kilometer by kilometer. And we will continue to do so. ” pointed out.

Acting Governor of the Kherson region appointed pom.r RussiaIn turn, Volodymyr Saldo said that since October 19 last year, about 70 thousand people have been evacuated to the left bank of the Dnieper.

However, he assured that the Russians were not going to give up the regional capital. “Nobody is going to give up Kherson. The military knows what they are doing,” he said, adding that the departure of civilians is necessary so that they do not find themselves in the thick of fighting in the area.

Zaporozhye, in anticipation of the situation at the front

Neighboring Zaporozhye, another Ukrainian region recently annexed by Russia, is also keeping an eye on news from the front.

“There are artillery duels. There is a regrouping of a large number of (Ukrainian) units,” pro-Russian politician Volodymyr Rogov acknowledged today.

He added that the Ukrainian command transferred troops from the Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk fronts not only to the Kherson region, but also to Zaporozhye.

(As reported by EFE)

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