Vladimir Putin said that Russia plans to continue developing its nuclear weapons "as a guarantee of strategic deterrence and balance of power in the world" . Tass reports it.

The Russian president's words came during a meeting with graduates of military academies.

Putin also said that Moscow intends to "increase supplies of modern weapons" to Russian troops on the Ukrainian front .

“We will increase supplies of unmanned aerial systems of different types, armored vehicles and means of precision destruction, attack aircraft, enemy detection and counter-battery systems, control and communication systems to front-line troops,” he said Putin according to the Russian state news agency.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian General Staff confirmed that during the night the Afip, Ilya, Krasnodar and Astrakhan oil refineries and radar stations and electronic intelligence centers in the Bryansk region and Crimea were attacked on Russian territory . Kiev's army also said it had hit storage and preparation sites for the use of drones, training buildings, control and communication points for drones being launched from Krasnodar.

Patriot air defense missiles will soon arrive in Kiev. The Biden administration has decided to temporarily suspend deliveries of missiles to other countries precisely to give priority to Ukraine.

(Unioneonline)

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