The Kremlin said Russia successfully test-launched hypersonic and cruise missiles at sea and land-based targets during the exercises.
Putin watched video of the drills with the president of neighboring Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, from what the Kremlin described as a “situation center.”While Austin said an invasion was not inevitable, he also stated the nuclear exercises were increasing the world’s concerns. “When you layer on top of that a very sophisticated exercise with strategic nuclear forces, that makes things complicated to the degree that you could have an accident or a mistake,” Austin said.
The caution came as NATO temporarily closed its office in Kyiv and moved its troops to Brussels and Lviv, the city near the Polish border where the US and allies have relocated their embassies, Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang reported.
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