Russia Holds Drills with Tactical Nuclear Weapons | Vantage with Palki Sharma

speaking of Russia Vladimir Putin has ordered new drills not your routine ones this drill involves tactical nuclear weapons so the stakes are very high and so are the political implications the drills are taking place in Russia’s Southern military District it shares a border with Ukraine yesterday was the first stage of the drill the preparation this involves a lot of important steps like loading fake Warheads to launch Vehicles driving to the launch site and also loading missiles on war planes take a look at this [Music] [Applause] a couple of questions here one what are these tactical nukes and two why is Russia practicing with them now there are two types of nuclear weapons tactical and strategic strategic weapons are your big bombs they can destroy entire city but tactical weapons are like mini nukes powerful but targeted they cannot wipe out an entire city but they can cause considerable damage most of these tactical weapons were built during the Cold War Russia is said to have around 2,000 of them and the US less than 200 the Americans gradually sto making tactical nukes but Russia is still holding on to them which brings us to the second question why is Moscow holding this drill now this is what the defense minister is saying and I’m quoting to ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignity of the Russian state in response to provocative statements and threats of individual Western officials against the Russian Federation it’s not a surprise Putin has always timed his nuclear rhetoric first in late February 2022 Putin placed his nuclear forces on high alert this was just after the invasion began so the idea was to deter any Western intervention in March 2023 that is last year he did it again Putin said he would Place nuclear weapons in Belarus again the timing was key it came just before Ukraine’s counter offensive and finally this tactical Nuclear drill some 3,000 Russian soldiers are part of it they’re mainly using two Russian missiles isander and kinel both can carry tactical nuclear warheads so it’s a clear warning to the West we’ve heard some escalatory comments from European leaders especially from France and Britain president macron keeps talking about sending troops to Ukraine he said the same thing earlier this month the UK too is stepping up the rhetoric their foreign secretary made an important statement this month he said Ukraine can use Western weapons to strike inside Russia and this is a shift because initially the West only allowed defensive use but now they say you can attack inside Russia plus you have new weapons coming the US has finally approved a new military package for Ukraine it’s worth almost $61 billion those weapons could hit the battlefield soon which explains Vladimir Putin’s decision it’s very unlikely that he will actually use tactical nukes but the threat itself is enough the question is how will the West respond they’ve criticized the nuclear drills but they’re not in the mood to back down in fact they have found new ways to fund Ukraine War how by making Russia pay for it let me explain how this works when Putin invaded Ukraine the G7 froze Russian assets the G7 is the group of seven Western economies they froze Russian assets like gold and foreign exchange it was worth almost $300 billion this is Russian money now these assets are generating money either through profits or through interest $300 billion so the European Union is giving these profits to Ukraine 90% of it for military aid 10% for other demands and how much money would that be between 16 and 21 billion by 2027 the first payment is expected by July Russia is obviously fuming at Europe a Kremlin spokesperson called it theft even this reduced option is nothing more than expropriation because all those revenues are revenues from our assets and transferring them to other purposes is also a violation of all the rules and Norms of the International Financial economic system hard to argue with that this money is not Putin’s personal wealth it belongs to the Russian people so what gives Europe the right to appropriate it the United Nations has not approved this move neither has any Global body it’s a unilateral decision by Brussels so Russia is responding in kind they have seized assets of two German banks Deutsche Bank and Commerce Bank both these moves will undermine trust in the Global Financial system it will weaken investor confidence but Russia and the West don’t seem to care about that at the moment they’re going by the old adage alls fair in war first post reports from the world’s second largest continent hello I’m Allison lrange a very warm welcome from Durban South Africa we get you the news and the newsmakers from Africa South Africa goes to the polls on the 29th of May I will track the election and bring you ground reports is it the end of the road for the African National Congress and will former president Jacob Zuma stage a dramatic comeback from elections to climate change to 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Russia is staging a military drill near Ukraine with tactical nuclear weapons. Footage released by Moscow shows soldiers loading fake warheads onto launchers and warplanes. Russia’s defence ministry says the drills are in response to provocative statements from Western leaders. In the past, Vladimir Putin has timed his nuclear rhetoric to deter western adventurism and meddling in Ukraine. Tactical nukes are smaller than strategic nukes which are capable of destroying entire cities. Meanwhile, the European Union has agreed on a deal to use profits from frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s war against Moscow. Russia has slammed the decision by Brussels, calling it theft. Palki Sharma tells you more.

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