Putin will oversee launch of ballistic missiles in nuclear drill TOMORROW - as Moscow claims 9,000 c

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Putin will oversee launch of ballistic missiles in nuclear drill TOMORROW - as Moscow claims 9,000 civilians have died in Ukraine 'genocide' and Russia's invasion plan is revealed by UK intelligence

    Russia will carry out wide-ranging drills tomorrow that will involve live-firing ballistic and cruise missiles
    Ground forces in Crimea and Ukraine border near Donbass, as well as Black Sea naval units, will be involved
    Drill, overseen by Putin himself, will test 'reliability of weapons of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear forces'
    Comes as defence ministers meet in Munich for a security conference seen as one of the last hopes of averting a conference - though Russia is not sending a delegation for the first time in years

By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline

Published: 03:56 EST, 18 February 2022 | Updated: 10:04 EST, 18 February 2022

Russia will hold a major nuclear drill tomorrow involving live-fire exercises of ballistic and cruise missiles including around Crimea and the Black Sea, the Kremlin has announced.

The exercise, which will be overseen by Vladimir Putin himself, will involve Russia's aerospace forces, its strategic missile command, Northern and Black Sea fleets and the Southern Military District - which covers Crimea and part of the border close to rebel-held areas in Ukraine.

It is designed to test the 'readiness' of commanders and troops as well as 'the reliability of weapons of strategic nuclear and non-nuclear forces' and will involve the launch of 'ballistic and cruise missiles', Moscow's defence ministry said today.

Officials claim the drill is pre-planned, but the timing will spark fears that it is designed to provide cover for an invasion of Ukraine. Experts predict the first phase of a Russian assault will be ballistic missile attacks on border areas, military bases, infrastructure and major cities.

It comes as defence ministers meet in Munich for a security conference that will begin today and continue over the weekend aimed at averting war in Ukraine. Russia will not send a delegation to the summit, marking the first time in years that it has not attended.

The historical parallel with the 1938 Munich Agreement - an attempt at appeasement with Hitler's Germany that failed to avert the Second World War - could hardly be more poignant or chilling.

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[DefiantMassRINO]

Why haven't the foreign policy dingbats and Ukraine request UN peacekeepers in Ukraine and UN humanitarian workers in Donbas to counter the Russian narative and fulfill the function of international human shields and speed bumps?

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Because Russia and China will vote "No" to the idea

[DefiantMassRINO]

Make China and Russia go on record to vote 'no' to UN peacekeepers and humanitarian workers in Ukraine.  That will out China and Russia to the international community as naked aggressors.

The West needs to demonstrate that it can and is willing to hurt Russia and China in order to deter aggression.

Sanctioning Russia after Putin takes what he wants won't deter him.  He knows that the West will never use force to take back what Russia has already stolen by force.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Make China and Russia go on record to vote 'no' to UN peacekeepers and humanitarian workers in Ukraine.  That will out China and Russia to the international community as naked aggressors.