Putin says nuclear drills are not an escalation
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FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a sign docs ceremony during his meeting with King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 23 May 2024. YURI KOCHETKOV/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia regularly carries out nuclear exercises and its latest drills this week are not an escalation.
Putin said the only difference this time is that the exercises also involve Belarus, where Russia announced last year that it was deploying tactical nuclear missiles.
He was speaking at a press conference in Minsk following two days of talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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