Russia keeps nuclear weapons carriers in Crimea
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has said that Russia keeps its ground-based, air-launched and sea-based carriers of nuclear weapons in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Source: Ukrinform news agency, quoting Andrii Cherniak, representative of the Defence Intelligence
Quote: "The Defence Intelligence sees that carriers of nuclear weapons that are ground-based, air-launched and sea-based are located in the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea at the moment.
It refers to vessels, submarines, aircraft and ground systems that can carry out nuclear attacks. Russia potentially has this opportunity."
Details: Cherniak has pointed out that Ukrainian intelligence monitors locations of Russia’s nuclear weapons, including tactical ones, and knows where it is located.
He has added that the occupiers have performed certain works at the Feodosiya-13 facility in the village of Krasnokamianka in order to prepare it for preserving nuclear weapons; however, it is unknown whether these works have been completed already.
Speaking of risks of Russia launching a nuclear attack, Cherniak has stressed that "the occupier country is capable of anything", and "Ukraine considers various scenarios".
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