May 22, 2026 10:41 AM
Russia flexes nuclear muscles as tensions rise with NATO
Russia launched nuclear-capable missiles and issued nuclear munitions to some units on Thursday as part of major nuclear exercises amid heightened tensions with NATO over the Ukraine war and drone activity in the Baltic. Russia is conducting some of the biggest nuclear exercises in years, involving 64,000 people to drill its forces in "the preparation and use of nuclear forces in the event of aggression". Russian President Vladimir Putin told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian ...