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Putin says Russia to deploy Sarmat nuclear missiles this year

The Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test at Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia's Arkhangelsk region on April 20, 2022 [File: Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters]

President Vladimir Putin has said the delayed Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed this year, in comments made on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

The RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fuelled missile – dubbed Satan 2 by Western analysts – was first announced by Putin in 2018 and was supposed to have been deployed last year.

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