Mon Feb 28, 2022 – 4:11 pm EST
MOSCOW (LifeSiteNews) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert as tensions with Ukraine and Western allies continue to heat up.
During a briefing with senior Russian government officials, the Russian leader said that leading NATO powers made “aggressive statements” while Western nations have begun leveling financial sanctions against Russia.
As part of preparations to have nuclear arms ready, the country’s minister of defense and chief of the military’s general staff were ordered to ensure the nuclear deterrent forces are in a special regime of combat duty.
“Top officials of leading NATO nations indulge in making aggressive statements about our country. Therefore, I am ordering the minister of defense and the chief of the general staff to put the deterrence forces of the Russian army into special combat duty mode,” Putin said in the briefing.
This means that Russia’s nuclear weapons would be more prepared to launch if necessary.
The maneuver by Putin raised concerns that the current conflict could be heading toward a nuclear war.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki brushed aside the nuclear posturing. “We’ve seen him do this
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