Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his nuclear deterrent forces on a higher alert status amid the invasion of Ukraine.
Putin took this action on Sunday during a televised statement with top Russian officials. He directed Russia’s defense minister and the chief of the military’s General Staff to get the country’s nuclear deterrent forces ready.
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