Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the new Sarmat nuclear missiles will soon be ready for use . Tass writes it, specifying that the Sarmats are capable of carrying 10 or more nuclear warheads.

Speaking during a meeting with military school graduates, Putin declared that the first launch vehicles of the Sarmat system with a new heavy missile will soon be used "in combat" and that "Russia will continue to develop its nuclear triad as a guarantee of military security and international stability".

"In this area, a key goal is the development of the nuclear triad, which is the main guarantee of Russia's military security and international stability," he said. "Almost half of the units and formations of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces have been armed with state-of-the-art Yars systems, and troops are switching to modern missile systems with the Avangard hypersonic vehicle," the Russian president said, adding that the production of unmanned aircraft.

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky replied immediately that Vladimir Putin would not be "ready" to use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine, because the tsar "fears for his life, he loves it very much" . Zelensky's comment came during an interview with the BBC.

In any case, added the Ukrainian president, "there is no way to say for sure, especially as regards a person without ties to reality, who in the 21st century has launched a large-scale war against his neighbor".

(Unioneonline/vl)

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