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.
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'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.
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Zaparaniuk noted that Ukraine's State Emergency Service helped organize the training exercises.
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According to Ukrainian news outlet RBC Ukraina, the drills included communication between emergency services and action plans for evacuations.
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According to Ukrainian news outlet RBC Ukraina, the drills included communication between emergency services and action plans for evacuations.
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'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."
