“The task is to put the first regiment of the first division in Uzhur on alert by the end of 2022,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

He believes that this task will be completed.

In August, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that flight tests of the new Sarmat liquid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile would begin in 2021.

According to him, the transfer of missiles to the Strategic Missile Forces is planned in 2022.