Russian State Media Confirms President Putin Ordered A 'Special Service Regime' For The Country's Nuclear Forces

Russian President Putin with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov  

TASS: Putin orders "special service regime" in Russia’s deterrence force 

Russian President stressed that the Western countries were also taking unfriendly actions against Russia in the economic sphere 

MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. In response to aggressive statements in the West Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued orders to introduce what he described as a "special service regime" in the Russian army’s deterrence force. 

"Top officials in NATO’s leading countries have been making aggressive statements against our country. For this reason, I give orders to the defense minister and chief of the General Staff to introduce a special combat duty regime in the Russian army’s deference forces," Putin said at a meeting with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov in the Kremlin on Sunday.  

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WNU Editor: Bottom line. All Russian nuclear forces are now at the highest level of alert.

On a side note. Tried to get confirmation of this news from the Kremlin's web site, but it is still down.

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