Putin has ordered nuclear deterrence forces on high alert, but what does that mean and how are western governments reacting?Russia-Ukraine war latest news: follow live updatesRussia’s president summoned defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and military chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, to a public meeting on Sunday and ordered them to “transfer the deterrence forces” – a reference to nuclear weapons – “of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty.” Continue reading…
Putin has ordered nuclear deterrence forces on high alert, but what does that mean and how are western governments reacting?
Russia’s president summoned defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and military chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, to a public meeting on Sunday and ordered them to “transfer the deterrence forces” – a reference to nuclear weapons – “of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty.”