“This is a question in the Ministry of Defense,” said Peskov, responding to a request for comment on the messages that appeared.
Earlier, Vedomosti, citing two sources close to the military department, said that "during the strategic command post exercise" Thunder-2019 "... an emergency happened."
According to the publication, the nuclear submarine K-44 Ryazan carried out on October 17 only one launch of the R-29R intercontinental ballistic missile at the Chizha firing range, and not two.
On October 17, strategic deterrence forces launched ballistic and cruise missiles as part of the Thunder 2019 exercises. The maneuvers involved ground, sea and aviation components, including the Iskander and Yars complexes, the Severodvinsk nuclear submarine, the Admiral Gorshkov frigate, and the Tu-95MS bombers. The Ministry of Defense noted that the exercise was controlled by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Boris Rozhin, a military analyst at the Center for Military-Political Journalism, praised the Thunder 2019 exercises in an interview with Inforeactor.