Russian strategic missile forces conducted drills in Siberia that included camouflaged movements of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the Defense Ministry said today.
Squads participated in a range of activities that included the use of camouflage and other means to conceal land-based missile movements in the field, the ministry said.
The drills also included exercises in responding to mock enemy attacks and countering air assault weapons. The department did not report any missile launches.
Russia regularly conducts drills of its strategic nuclear forces to test their combat readiness and send warning signals to the West at a time of high tension with its NATO rivals over the war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones were shot down near oil refineries in the Russian city of Ufa, the largest in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan, while debris from one of them fell into an industrial area, the local governor said.
Another unmanned aerial vehicle hit a residential building, but there are no injuries, Bashkortostan Governor Randy Khabirov said via his Telegram channel.
In addition, Russia yesterday, Wednesday, attacked a facility of the Ukrainian state oil and gas company Naftogaz in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy, resulting in fires, Naftogaz CEO Sherhi Koretsky said today.
Koretsky said the attack caused significant damage, but did not disclose further details.
