Putin starts Russia's strategic nuclear exercises as tensions soar February 19, 2022 at 01:00AM

Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered the start of strategic nuclear exercises involving launches of ballistic missiles, the RIA news agency cited the Kremlin as saying. The exercises are Moscow's latest show of strength at a time of acute tension with the West over Ukraine. "Yes," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying when asked if the drills had begun.