"Imperator Alexander III successfully launched the Bulava sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile from the White Sea at the Kura battlefield on the Kamchatka Peninsula," the report says.

According to the agency, the missile launch took place normally, the warheads of the missile reached the target on time.

Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that the Russian Armed Forces practiced a massive nuclear retaliatory strike during the exercises.

From the Plesetsk cosmodrome, an intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" was fired at the Kura test site in Kamchatka.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was pleased with the results of the planned training of the strategic deterrence forces.