Russia practiced nuclear strikes during the exercise Zapad-2017 – Turchynov

The hitting occurred with the involvement of forces and means of all three components of the nuclear triad.

The head of the NSDC of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said that Russia in the last stage of command-staff doctrines “the West-2017” worked conditional drawing of a massive nuclear missile strike.

According to the security Council, the hitting occurred with the involvement of forces and means of all three components of the nuclear triad.

So, during the last day of the exercise, September 20, to practice nuclear missile strike involved six long-range aviation aircraft Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3, which carried out flights in air space of the Barents, Baltic and Norwegian seas.

“In turn, the strategic rocket forces were presented to the combat crew from part of the 14th missile division, which carried out combat training launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile RS-24 YARS from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk region) objectives at the site “Kura” (Kamchatka Peninsula). Rocket underwater cruiser of strategic appointment “Dmitry Donskoy” of the Northern fleet of the Russian Federation implemented e-launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile of sea basing” – quoted Turchynov press service of the NSDC.

Also, according to the security Council, was performed missile firing at sea targets in the waters of the Laptev sea – combat calculations coastal missile complexes “Frontier”, and in the Barents sea – naval groups of the Northern fleet headed by the heavy nuclear missile cruiser Peter the Great.

The NSDC Secretary added that active measures on the part of NATO forces and U.S. forces on monitoring Russian military activity shows “a complete understanding of the Western military scale Russian military threat”.

Large-scale exercises of Russia and Belarus, the West-2017 was launched on September 14 and ended September 20. They sparked a wave of criticism from the leadership of neighboring countries. According to official statements of the Minsk and Moscow, the exercise was attended by 13 thousand troops.

At the same time, according to Western analysts, the exercises involved up to 100 thousand soldiers. However, Russia and Belarus has denied these data.

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