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The growing tensions in central Europe today received the dressing of Russian missiles sailing through the sky within maneuvers announced yesterday.
Russia destroyed sea and land targets with cruise and ballistic missiles on Saturday as part of strategic nuclear exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
Both agreed during a meeting yesterday
to further strengthen military cooperation
between the two countries.
The launches come at a time of
maximum tension with the US
, from where President Joe Biden warns that Russia is preparing to attack Kiev while the incidents in eastern Ukraine pick up.
Moscow has explained that the exercises were planned in advance.
Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov insisted that the scheduled exercises are transparent and should not cause concern.
The main objective is to test the readiness of the strategic deterrent forces and the reliability of the weaponry of nuclear and non-nuclear forces.
The status of the crews of warships and strategic missile carriers is also reviewed.
The Aerospace Forces have carried out the Kinzhal hypersonic missile launches, while the Iskander cruise missile, launched from the Kapustin Yar range, has been tested in the province of Astrakhan, according to the Russian channel RT.
Both sites are in the western part of Russia.
Also tested, among other weapons, was the 3M22 Zircon, a hypersonic cruise missile.
The Kremlin had announced that Putin would direct the exercises "from his command post"
, without giving more information: "You know the famous black briefcase, the red [nuclear] button, etc. How he will participate is not public information," he commented. Peskov yesterday Friday.
In the end, the Russian leader has supervised the launches from the Kremlin.
The exercises include the participation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the Southern Military District, the Strategic Designation Missile Troops, the Northern Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet.
Russia has carried out a large military build-up alongside Ukraine in recent months.
Meanwhile,
he demands that NATO prevent Ukraine from joining the alliance
.
Moscow insists predictions that it plans to invade Ukraine are wrong and dangerous, though it threatens a "military-technical" response if its demands are not met.
During the last few days, Moscow has assured that it is withdrawing from its western region
(where it is launching missiles today), while Washington and its allies insist that the arrival of troops in the vicinity of Ukraine is increasing.
The OSCE called a meeting at Ukraine's request for Russia to report on its military activities near its borders.
Moscow has refused to collaborate saying that it has already reported and that it has nothing more to say.
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