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00:00 This footage released by Russia's Defense Ministry shows troops engaged in non-strategic
00:05 nuclear drills in what appears to be a new round of saber-rattling aimed at the West.
00:10 The exercises took place in Russia's Southern District, which borders parts of Ukraine Moscow
00:15 claims to have annexed.
00:18 The drills are designed to test the readiness of personnel and equipment of non-strategic
00:22 nuclear weapons combat units, to respond and to unconditionally ensure the territorial
00:28 integrity and sovereignty of the Russian state.
00:31 The statement added that the drills were also in response to provocative statements and
00:35 threats by certain Western officials, among those is most likely French President Emmanuel
00:40 Macron, who has on more than one occasion recently floated the idea of sending Western
00:45 troops to Ukraine.
00:47 "There is no consensus today on sending in troops on the ground in an official, accepted
00:52 and endorsed way.
00:54 But in dynamic terms, nothing should be ruled out.
00:57 We will do everything necessary to ensure that Russia cannot win this war."
01:03 Russia's Foreign Ministry also said on Wednesday that if France were to send troops to Ukraine,
01:08 Moscow's response would not be just political.
01:11 Russia last summer deployed nuclear weapons to neighbouring Belarus.
01:15 Minsk carried out nuclear drills on its territory earlier this month.
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