Amid growing tensions over the situation in Ukraine, Russia conducted exercises on the 19th to launch hypersonic missiles and ballistic missiles.
The state media has extensively reported on the exercises under the direct command of President Putin, and it seems that the aim is to show off Russia's military power to the West and increase pressure.
On the 19th, the Russian Presidential Administration announced that it had conducted missile launch exercises according to the plan under the direction of President Putin.
The exercise was attributed to strategic deterrence and was attended by the Aerospace Forces and strategic missile units operating nuclear forces, the Navy's Black Sea Fleet, and the Northern Fleet with headquarters in the Arctic.
In the exercise, in addition to the hypersonic missile "Kinjar" and the sea-launched hypersonic missile "Zilcon", the intercontinental ballistic missile "Jars" and the short-range ballistic missile "Iskandel" were launched one after another.
President Putin, along with President Lukashenko of neighboring Belarus, who is conducting joint military exercises until the 20th of this month, inspected the exercises through a monitor installed in a room in the Kremlin.
Russia's state media has extensively broadcast footage of exercises from various parts of the world, including the Caspian Sea coast in the south, the Barents Sea in the northwest, and Kamchatka in the Far East, showing off Russia's military power to the West and increasing pressure. It seems that there is an aim.