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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Alahna Kindred

Russian nuclear deterrent forces are on high alert - what this means for the West

Russian President Vladimir Putin 's invasion plans have escalated today as he put his Russian nuclear deterrent forces on high alert amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.

Putin told state TV that NATO powers have made "aggressive statements" along with the West imposing hard-hitting financial sanctions against Russia.

The 69-year-old ordered the Russian defence minister and the chief of the military's General Staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a "special regime of combat duty".

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