Vladimir Putin is threatening the West with his mobile nuclear-capable Yars intercontinental missile system currently deployed on month-long drills.
No fewer than 1,000 troops specialised in missile strategy as well as more than 100 pieces of equipment are being sent on the major exercises in Russia's Ivanovo region.
This comes as Russia gains confidence of victory over Ukraine whose allies, according to the Kremlin, fail to provide Volodymyr Zelensky with sufficient military firepower. The Yars complex is Putin's most widely used missile system in Putin's strategic missile forces.
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The latest drills were announced by the Russian defence ministry's Zvezda channel, following claims from Ukraine's HUR military intelligence directorate that two RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles had misfired in tests on October 25 and November 1.
The November test "went off course, as it did during the previous command and control exercises", said the Ukrainians. In the new drills, troops will test hiding the missile system in forests and "most importantly" drill "the deployment of Yars and preparation for launch".
The troops "will travel hundreds of [miles], and repel attacks by 'saboteurs'", according to Zvezda. Russia's growing confidence over the war was highlighted by Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Peskov told Izvestia newspaper: "The Kyiv regime promised them that if you give us $100 billion, we will have a victory on the battlefield," and "The Americans now understand that they were duped!"
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He added, "There is no victory on the battlefield and, to be sure, Ukrainian forces are rapidly losing their positions. This is an inevitable process."
He also mentioned that the latest allocation by America of $200million (£160million) was "quite modest". This "puts the Kyiv regime in difficulty and we are going to be following this situation".
Lastly, he said, The West "are truly in the first instance beginning to ask themselves the question: just what are they spending this money on?"
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