Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened Western countries with the Yars intercontinental missile system capable of launching mobile nuclear attacks. At present, Russia has deployed this deadly missile on maneuvers for a month. According to the news published in the Daily Star portal, at least 1,000 soldiers with expertise in missile tactics as well as more than 100 pieces of equipment are being sent on major exercises in the Ivanovo region of Russia.
This has happened at a time when Russia is confident of victory over Ukraine. According to the Kremlin, Ukraine’s allies have failed to provide sufficient military firepower to President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Yars complex is the most extensively used missile system in Putin’s Strategic Missile Force.
The military drills were announced by the Russian Defense Ministry’s Zvezda channel after Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence directorate claimed that two RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles had failed in tests on October 25 and November 1. .
Ukraine said the November test “ deviated from its target, as happened during previous command and control exercises ”. In the new exercise, troops will test concealment of missile systems in forests and practice preparation for the deployment and launch of the “most important” Yars. According to Zvezda, soldiers “will travel hundreds of miles, and will also respond to attacks by ‘saboteurs’.” Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov also expressed Russia’s growing confidence in the war.
Peskov told the Izvestia newspaper, “The Kiev regime promised them that if you give us $100 billion, we will win on the battlefield and the Americans now understand that they were deceived!”