This is getting alarming, the Russian nuclear forces have been raised to highest alert. Putin has given this order this evening to Sergei Shoigu, which answered simply "Yes".
TASS:
Putin ordered the containment forces of the Russian army to be transferred to a special mode of combat duty
On Sunday, February 27, Vladimir Putin held a meeting in the Kremlin with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.
"The top officials of the leading NATO countries also allow aggressive statements against our country. Therefore, I order the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff to transfer the deterrence forces of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty. "Yes," answered Shoigu and Gerasimov.
Putin also noted that Western countries are taking unfriendly actions towards our country in the economic sphere: they are imposing illegitimate sanctions .
The meeting took place against the backdrop of a special military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine.
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