Russia to hold drills of strategic deterrence forces led by Putin

Scheduled exercises of the strategic deterrence forces, during which launches of ballistic and cruise missiles will be carried out, will be held on February 19 in the Russian Federation under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, Report informs citing TASS.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces were planned earlier to check the readiness of military command and control agencies, launch combat crews, crews of warships and strategic missile carriers to perform assigned tasks, as well as the reliability of weapons of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear forces.

Russian defense minister, Army General Sergei Shoigu announced plans to hold the Grom strategic command and staff exercises in 2022 at an expanded meeting of the board of the defense ministry.

It is expected that the forces and means of the Aerospace Forces, the Southern Military District, the Strategic Missile Forces, the Northern and Black Sea Fleets will be involved in the exercises.