Ukraine Holds , Nuclear Strike , Preparedness Exercises .
On November 8, Ukraine held nuclear strike
preparedness drills amid escalating fear
regarding the use of atomic weapons by Russia. .
'Newsweek' reports that Ruslan Zaparaniuk,
the head of Ukraine's military administration in
the western Chernivtsi region, said the drills were held , "to eliminate the consequences of a nuclear strike.".
Zaparaniuk noted that Ukraine's State
Emergency Service helped organize
the training exercises. .
Zaparaniuk noted that Ukraine's State
Emergency Service helped organize
the training exercises. .
According to Ukrainian news outlet RBC Ukraina,
the drills included communication between
emergency services and action plans for evacuations. .
According to Ukrainian news outlet RBC Ukraina,
the drills included communication between
emergency services and action plans for evacuations. .
'Newsweek' reports that the drills come just days
after Putin oversaw military exercises which included
practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles.
'Newsweek' reports that the drills come just days
after Putin oversaw military exercises which included
practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles.
Previously, Putin has warned that Moscow
remains ready to use "all means available"
to defend Russian territory.
United States President Joe Biden has
emphasized that Putin is "not joking" about
the possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
He is not joking when he talks about
potential use of tactical nuclear weapons
or biological and chemical weapons,
because his military is, you might
say, significantly underperforming. , Joe Biden, President of the United States, via 'Newsweek'.
I don't think there's any such thing as
the ability to easily use tactical nuclear
weapons and not end up with Armageddon, Joe Biden, President of the United States, via 'Newsweek'.
According to a statement by the Russian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow , "is strictly and consistently guided by the postulate of
the inadmissibility of a nuclear war in which there can
be no winners and which must never be unleashed."