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Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) directed drills of the country's strategical atomic forces that featured signifier rocket launches, an workout that came arsenic his planned acme connected Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump was enactment connected hold.
The Kremlin said that arsenic portion of the maneuvers involving each parts of Moscow's atomic triad, a Yars intercontinental ballistic rocket was test-fired from the Plesetsk motorboat installation successful northwestern Russia, and a Sineva ICBM was launched by a submarine successful the Barents Sea. The drills besides progressive Tu-95 strategical bombers firing long-range cruise missiles.
The workout tested the skills of subject bid structures, the Kremlin said successful a statement.
The main of the military's General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, reported to Mr. Putin via video nexus that the drills were intended to simulate “procedures for authorising the usage of atomic weapons.”
While Mr. Putin emphasised that the maneuvers had been planned successful advance, they came hours aft President Donald Trump said Tuesday (October 21) his program for a swift gathering with Mr. Putin successful Budapest was connected clasp due to the fact that helium didn't privation it to beryllium a “waste of time.”
The determination astir the gathering successful Budapest, Hungary, which Mr. Trump had announced past week, was made pursuing a telephone Monday (October 20) betwixt U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Mr. Lavrov made wide successful comments Tuesday (October 21) that Russia is opposed to an contiguous ceasefire successful Ukraine. Mr. Trump, meanwhile, has been shifting his stance each twelvemonth connected cardinal issues successful the conflict, including whether a ceasefire should travel earlier longer-term bid talks, and whether Ukraine could triumph backmost onshore seized by Russia during astir 4 years of fighting.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov connected Wednesday (October 22) emphasised that the planned Putin-Trump acme needs to beryllium thoroughly prepared.
“No 1 wants to discarded time: neither President Trump nor President Putin," Mr. Peskov told reporters. "These are the 2 presidents who are accustomed to moving efficiently with precocious productivity. But effectiveness ever requires preparation.”
