
Vladimir Putin watched on as Russia simulated a huge nuclear strike with practice launches of ballistic and cruise rockets.
The dictator remotely observed the annual exercise, called ‘Grom’ or ‘Thunder’, which uses test launches to put Moscow’s nuclear forces through their paces in a display of force to the West.

Defence minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin that the exercises were intended to emulate a retaliatory massive nuclear strike by Russia.
The exercises involved the test firing of a Yars land-based intercontinental ballistic projectile from the northern Plesetsk launch site and the launch of a Sineva ICBM by a Russian nuclear submarine in the Barents Sea, only ten miles away from the shores of NATO member Norway.

As part of the exercise, Tu-95 strategic bombers also launched cruise rockets at practice targets.
The manoeuvres followed Vladimir Putin’s warning about his willingness to use all means available to fend off raids on Russia’s region in a reference to the country’s nuclear arsenals.

The Kremlin said that all tasks assigned for the exercise were fulfilled and all the missiles that were test-fired reached their set targets.
Such drills involving land, sea and air components have taken place on an annual basis to prepare the country’s nuclear forces and show their willingness.
The Biden administration said that Russia gave notice it planned to stage routine exercises of its nuclear abilities.
The Pentagon and US State Department said Russia had complied with the terms of the last US-Russia arms control deal in informing Washington of the forthcoming tests.
The Russian activities comes amid Moscow’s warnings of a purported Ukrainian conspiracy to detonate a radioactive device typically known as a dirty bomb in a false flag attack to blame Russia.
Ukraine and its allies firmly repudiate the allegation, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that it was absurd. Allies reject this blatantly untrue indictment, and Russia must not use false pretexts to escalate the war further.
NATO’s Stoltenberg emphasised that the 30-nation military organisation wouldn’t be intimidated or discouraged from supporting Ukraine’s right to self-defence for as long as it takes.
There are fears that Russia is pushing the claims because that is why the Kremlin is preparing to use the deadly device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive debris.
Vladimir Putin told a gathering of intelligence officials from the CIS group of ex-Soviet nations that the West was pumping Ukraine with heavy weapons, adding there were also plans to use a so-called dirty bomb for provocations.
What can I say, this dude really is a full-on loon, threatening to blow up the world because Russia, already the largest country in the world, needs a bit more space to spread out into, all that’s missing now is the white cat in his lap. The thing that makes me laugh is that while Putin is readying for Armageddon, the UK Met Office warns of an unseasonably warm week ahead.
People would rather see this as a threat, rather than Russia making it apparent to the Americans that they’re able to protect themselves if they need to, but undoubtedly with nuclear projectiles.
And if Vladimir Putin did set on Ukraine with nuclear power, why would he want it after it had been contaminated with nuclear waste, just shows what a lunatic he really is.
Vladimir Putin isn’t a lion, he’s more of an organised crime boss. He’s trying to rob land and resources, and he might be dressed up as other things, but really he’s just a crime boss, and the world shouldn’t be held to ransom by Vladimir Putin’s paranoia.