Russian president oversees large-scale nuclear exercises amid NATO tensions | DW News

Russia is flexing its nuclear muscle. Moscow has launched one of its largest nuclear exercises in years, testing missiles and issuing munitions to units — all as tensions with NATO rise over Ukraine and the Baltic region. Despite calling nuclear weapons a “last resort,” President Vladimir Putin says Russia will continue to strengthen its arsenal. So how worried should NATO — and Europe — be right now?

Chapters: 0:00 Russia conducts vast nuclear exercises 1:07 William Alberque, Pacific Forum 3:23 Russia's current nuclear arsenal

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