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2022-03-14 23:44:04 UTC
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Putin orders nuclear deterrent forces to be on 'high alert' amid spiraling
tensions over Ukraine
The Russian premier said in a meeting of top officials that the move was in
response to leading NATO powers making what he called aggressive
statements.
Feb. 27, 2022, 8:44 AM EST
By Patrick Smith
President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered his militarys nuclear deterrent
forces to be on alert as international tensions over Russias four-day-old
invasion of Ukraine spiraled.
Putin said in a meeting of top officials shown on state TV on Sunday that the
move, which means the countrys nuclear weapons are prepared for increased
readiness to launch, was in response to NATO powers making what he called
aggressive statements.
Russia, like the United States and NATO forces, has thousands of nuclear
warheads that it maintains as a deterrent to an attack.
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The move is also a reaction to the West announcing hard-hitting financial
sanctions against Russian businesses and key individuals, including Putin
himself, the president said in televised comments.
The Russian defense minister, Sergey Shoygu, and the chief of the militarys
general staff have been ordered to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a what
was described as a special regime of combat duty.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States ambassador to the United Nations,
told NBC News Meet the Press on Sunday morning that President Putin is
continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable.
vasion of Ukraine as its oligarch owner seeks distance from Moscow
And we have to continue to condemn his actions in the most strong, strongest
possible way, she added
Putin had promised a strong reaction to any Western power that attempted to
stand in his way in Ukraine. In a speech announcing his offensive on
Thursday, he warned that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action
will lead you to such consequences that you have never faced in your
history.
In February 2021, the United States renewed the New Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty, or New START, the nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, for
another five years.
Signed in 2010 by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, the
agreement placed the lowest limits in decades on American and Russian
deployed nuclear warheads, and the land- and submarine-based missiles and
bombers that deliver them.
Putin orders nuclear deterrent forces to be on 'high alert' amid spiraling
tensions over Ukraine
The Russian premier said in a meeting of top officials that the move was in
response to leading NATO powers making what he called aggressive
statements.
Feb. 27, 2022, 8:44 AM EST
By Patrick Smith
President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered his militarys nuclear deterrent
forces to be on alert as international tensions over Russias four-day-old
invasion of Ukraine spiraled.
Putin said in a meeting of top officials shown on state TV on Sunday that the
move, which means the countrys nuclear weapons are prepared for increased
readiness to launch, was in response to NATO powers making what he called
aggressive statements.
Russia, like the United States and NATO forces, has thousands of nuclear
warheads that it maintains as a deterrent to an attack.
Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics
The move is also a reaction to the West announcing hard-hitting financial
sanctions against Russian businesses and key individuals, including Putin
himself, the president said in televised comments.
The Russian defense minister, Sergey Shoygu, and the chief of the militarys
general staff have been ordered to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a what
was described as a special regime of combat duty.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United States ambassador to the United Nations,
told NBC News Meet the Press on Sunday morning that President Putin is
continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable.
vasion of Ukraine as its oligarch owner seeks distance from Moscow
And we have to continue to condemn his actions in the most strong, strongest
possible way, she added
Putin had promised a strong reaction to any Western power that attempted to
stand in his way in Ukraine. In a speech announcing his offensive on
Thursday, he warned that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action
will lead you to such consequences that you have never faced in your
history.
In February 2021, the United States renewed the New Strategic Arms Reduction
Treaty, or New START, the nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, for
another five years.
Signed in 2010 by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia, the
agreement placed the lowest limits in decades on American and Russian
deployed nuclear warheads, and the land- and submarine-based missiles and
bombers that deliver them.