The military intelligence of Ukraine constantly monitors Russian nuclear weapons and their movement, all the places of their storage are known to it.. This was stated on the air of the national telethon by the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense Vadim Skibitsky.

“We are monitoring active measures that the “twelfth main department” of the Russian Ministry of Defense can or is conducting.. It is it that is responsible for the preparation and delivery of nuclear charges to weapons,"

According to Skibitsky, Ukrainian intelligence officers know the number of carriers of tactical-level nuclear weapons and their deployment.. They also have experience in monitoring and reconnaissance of strategic and other exercises of the nuclear forces of the Russian Federation, which have been held since 2014 and earlier..

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Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could use nuclear weapons in response to a " According to him, if the system detects the launch of missiles towards Russia, then “hundreds of missiles that cannot be stopped” will be in the air..

At the same time, US State Department spokesman Ned Price called Putin's words about nuclear weapons " In his opinion, the Russian Federation will under no circumstances use nuclear weapons first..