Russia Begins Third Phase of Non-Strategic Nuclear Exercises
Russian military drills, July Photo: X/ @Russia_Truth
July 31, 2024 Hour: 11:06 am
This stage involves the central and southern military districts as well as the Aerospace Forces.
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the third stage of its country’s non-strategic nuclear exercises has begun.
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This stage focuses on the preparation of units for the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons and involves the central and southern military districts as well as the Aerospace Forces.
“As part of this stage, personnel from the missile formations of the central and southern military districts will work on training and combat tasks, including receiving special training munitions for the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems, equipping missile carriers, and covertly moving to designated positional areas to prepare for electronic launches,” said the ministry.
Personnel from the aviation units of the Aerospace Forces involved in the exercise will practice equipping aviation strike assets with special warheads and flying to designated patrol areas.
Earlier, as part of the first and second stages of the exercise of non-strategic nuclear forces, issues of preparing units of the southern and Leningrad military districts, units of the Aerospace Forces and the navy for the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons were worked out.
On a related geopolitical matter, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin on Wednesday announced that his country decided to extend its ban on gasoline exports from August to October.
“In order to avoid any problems in these months, there will be no lifting of the gasoline export ban in August… It was also a fundamental decision for September-October that exports will be limited in order to be insured,” Sorokin was quoted by the TASS news agency as saying.
Russia initially introduced a ban on the export of gasoline for six months on March 1, to offset the growth in domestic demand in spring and summer. Two months later, the ban was temporarily lifted from mid-May to June 30 and the permit was further extended to July 31.
Autor: teleSUR/ JF
Fuente: Xinhua - TASS
