Russia's Defense Minister Says 10 US Air Force Strategic Bombers Practiced Using Nuclear Weapons Against Russia This Month

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi. © Reuters/SPUTNIK  

TASS: US bombers practiced using nuclear weapons against Russia this month — Shoigu  

Russia’s Defense Minister said that the minimal distance from our state border was 20 km 

MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/. Russia sees US strategic bombers’ intensified activity in close proximity to its borders, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday. 

"We are witnessing a considerable increase in the US strategic bombers' activity near the Russian borders. 

Over the past month, they conducted about 30 flights to the borders of the Russian Federation, or 2.5 times more compared to the same period of last year," Russia’s defense chief said during talks with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe.

As the Russian defense minister stressed, "this month, in the course of the US Strategic Command’s Global Thunder exercise, 10 strategic bombers practiced employing nuclear weapons against Russia actually simultaneously from the western and eastern directions."  

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