Putin launches nuclear drills as US says Russia poised to invade Ukraine

Exercises are Moscow’s latest show of strength as Lukashenko joins Putin

(Gulf News) Moscow: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin launched exercises by strategic nuclear missile forces on Saturday and Washington said Russian troops massed near Ukraine’s border were “poised to strike”.

As Western nations fear the start of one the worst conflicts since the Cold War, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Russian forces were beginning to “uncoil and move closer” to the border with its former Soviet neighbour.

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