Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his message to the Federal Assembly on Tuesday, February 21, accused the United States of plans to conduct a "

“The United States is thinking about a natural test of nuclear weapons, there is such information. The Russian Defense Ministry and Rosatom must ensure readiness to test Russian nuclear weapons if the United States does it first,” Putin said..

At the same time, the owner of the Kremlin claims that “world nuclear parity cannot be violated”.

He also said that the level of equipment of the nuclear forces of the Russian Federation is equipped with the latest systems by more than 90%, "

“Many samples of Russian weapons are superior to foreign counterparts, it is necessary to expand their mass production, this work is underway,” Putin added..