The Presidents of Russia and Belarus have completed the observation of military exercises
MOSCOW, February 19. /tass/. All missile launches within the framework of the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces of the Russian Federation were successful, according to a statement on the Kremlin's website.
"Under the leadership of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin, a planned exercise of strategic deterrence forces was conducted, during which ballistic and cruise missiles were launched," the publication says. "The tasks envisaged during the exercise of the strategic deterrence forces have been completed in full, all missiles hit the designated targets, confirming the specified characteristics," the Kremlin stressed.
Together with the President of the Russian Federation, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko watched the exercises from the Kremlin situation center.
According to the published footage, from the situation center, Putin gave the command by video link to start conducting exercises.
The leaders were seated at a round table, national flags were placed behind the heads of state. On the screen of a large monitor, the inscription "Training in the management of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation" was visible.
The press service of the President noted that the event had been planned earlier, during the exercises, "the readiness of military command bodies, launch crews, crews of warships and strategic missile carriers to fulfill their tasks, as well as the reliability of weapons of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear forces was checked." The forces and means of the Aerospace Forces, the Southern Military District, the Strategic Missile Forces, the Northern and Black Sea Fleets were involved in the exercise.
The Presidents of Russia and Belarus have finished observing the course of the planned exercises of the strategic deterrence forces from the Kremlin situation center. This was reported to TASS by the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov. "Finished," he said.
Successful launches
In particular, as stated in the message, the Aerospace Forces successfully conducted launches of hypersonic aeroballistic missiles "Dagger". "Ships and submarines of the Northern and Black Sea Fleets launched Kalibr cruise missiles and Zircon hypersonic missiles at sea and land targets. In the Astrakhan region, a practical launch of the Iskander ground-based cruise missile was carried out at the Kapustin Yar test site," the release on the results of the exercises reports.
In addition, an intercontinental ballistic missile "Yars" was launched from the positional area of the Plesetsk cosmodrome at the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula. "Air-launched cruise missiles fired from strategic missile carriers of long-range aviation Tu-95MS hit targets at the Pemboy and Kura test site. A Sineva ballistic missile was launched from the Barents Sea from the nuclear-powered strategic submarine of the Northern Fleet Karelia at the Kura test site," the release says.
